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    Hospital's sixth floor may go - sources

    On the level? An architect's drawing shows the new Dunedin hospital inpatient building with 11...

    Hospital's sixth floor may go - sources

    Plans to cut one floor from the new Dunedin hospital affecting elderly patients have been presented to the government, the ODT understands.

    Commissioner plan to help with patient rights

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    Commissioner plan to help with patient rights

    A group of health professionals are calling for a new organisation to address patient rights and safety as people find the health system increasingly difficult to navigate.

    Act wanted clearer assurances on school

    The Otago medical school. PHOTO: ODT FILES

    Act wanted clearer assurances on school

    Act New Zealand voiced fears a business case for the University of Waikato’s proposed new medical school could become a "tick-box exercise", documents reveal.

    Work continuing on new hospital building

    PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

    Work continuing on new hospital building

    Work is continuing on the concrete structure in front of the new Dunedin hospital’s inpatient building.

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    Fears ageing hospital will fall apart

    Dunedin Hospital on Tuesday. Photo: Peter McIntosh

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    Fears ageing hospital will fall apart

    The cost of keeping Dunedin's ageing hospital running spiralled to $3.5 million last year amid concerns it will fall apart before the new one opens.

    Moment on steps ‘a favour’

    Prof Julian Paton, the owner of New Zealand’s oldest Land Rover, is pleased the vehicle’s...

    Moment on steps ‘a favour’

    The owner of the country’s oldest Land Rover says the vehicle’s political detour since leaving Dunedin will contribute to life-saving research.

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    $150K in campaign funding unused

    Dunedin mayor Jules Radich speaking after new Minister of Health Simeon Brown announced that the...

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    $150K in campaign funding unused

    Some money is left over from the campaign demanding a suitable hospital be built in Dunedin, but the city council has yet to be precise about how some was spent.

    HNZ not releasing new bed details

    Simeon Brown. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

    HNZ not releasing new bed details

    The government's refusal to release any details about what beds have been cut from the new Dunedin hospital has been slammed by medical unions.

    Southern medical lab workers to strike

    Pathologists at Awanui labs in Invercargill strike in 2023. PHOTO: ODT FILES

    Southern medical lab workers to strike

    Poor conditions and a lack of pay parity with the public sector has prompted private medical laboratory workers to strike tomorrow and Friday.

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    Free first-aid course empowers all: trainer

    The First Aid Trainers director Bex Hill shows Fairfield residents how to do CPR on an adult,...

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    Free first-aid course empowers all: trainer

    Fairfield residents’ financial situations should not determine whether they have the skills to save a life, a first-aid trainer says.

    Pathologists still seeking assurance after announcement

    Pathologists are worried about their position in the new Dunedin hospital. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN

    Pathologists still seeking assurance after announcement

    Dunedin's pathologists feel they have been "once again ... left in the lurch" after the government’s announcement about the new hospital failed to provide answers for the department.

    New Dunedin hospital: 'We listened'

    IMAGE: HEALTH NZ

    'We listened'

    The government has listened to the people after deciding to go ahead with the new Dunedin hospital. They were shouting at you too loudly not to be heard, writes political editor Mike Houlahan.

    Decision ‘best we could have hoped for’

    The government paused work on the site of the inpatient Dunedin hospital build last September...

    Decision ‘best we could have hoped for’

    The new Dunedin hospital will meet the needs of the South and is the "best we could have hoped for", the leading clinician on the project says.

    Protesters voice downgrade displeasure

    Photo: Peter McIntosh

    Protesters voice downgrade displeasure

    Police officers clear the way for Health Minister Simeon Brown to exit the building following his announcement on the new Dunedin hospital.

    Radich lauds ‘big win’ as mayors await more details

    Radich lauds ‘big win’ as mayors await more details

    Dunedin marched and the government listened in what was a "big win" for the region, the city’s Mayor, Jules Radich, says.

    Relieved tertiary institutions welcome news

    Relieved tertiary institutions welcome news

    Dunedin's tertiary institutions are relieved the government has decided to push on with the new hospital.

    On the march

    Photo: Peter McIntosh

    On the march

    On September 28 last year, more than 35,000 people marched down George St, Dunedin, in protest against planned cuts to the new Dunedin hospital.

    Hospital work to start by mid-year, Minister says

    The new hospital could still use Dunedin’s District Energy Scheme rather than build its own...

    Hospital work to start by mid-year, Minister says

    The Dunedin hospital inpatient building is going ahead and there will be activity on site by the middle of this year, the government has announced.

    'Good announcement' on way for hospital

    Labour's Ingrid Leary questions if the Suicide Prevention Office is really staying open when it...

    Hospital decision expected

    Labour's Taieri MP Ingrid Leary is expecting a "good announcement" regarding the new Dunedin hospital from Health Minister Simeon Brown today.

    Cancer patient calls for a fair decision by govt

    Cancer patient calls for a fair decision by govt

    A cancer patient who spent months in Dunedin Hospital says staff were great but the hospital was not.
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