Nurse mentoring role highlighted
Nurse mentoring role highlighted
The crucial role mentors play helping new nurses fit in has been highlighted at Dunedin Hospital.
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Dialysis challenges outlined
Dialysis challenges outlined
Poor access to surgery forces the renal service into a ''vicious cycle'' in which patients are not always prepared surgically for home dialysis, which then pressures hospital services, Dunedin Hospital nephrologist Dr John Schollum said yesterday.
Dunedin doctor cleared of trust breach
Dunedin doctor cleared of trust breach
The Dunedin Hospital doctor, whose name is suppressed, was brought before the Medical Council's professional conduct committee after the female patient complained about the doctor's relationship with her former civil union partner.
Outsourcing means DHBs take 'hit' on hospital kitchen investment
Outsourcing means DHBs take 'hit' on hospital kitchen investment
District health boards that invested in hospital kitchens in recent years might have to take a ''hit'' for the greater good, as moves are made to outsource meals to a single private provider, Southern District Health Board deputy chairman Paul Menzies says.
Fast-food background a plus
Fast-food background a plus
The chairman of the Crown-owned health entity behind moves to centralise the production of hospital meals says his experience in the fast-food restaurant and supermarket sectors means he knows about safe food systems and quality control.
Hospital kitchen at risk
Hospital kitchen at risk
Dunedin Hospital's kitchen could be significantly downgraded if the Government decides to outsource the hospital food service to a single provider.
'Terrified' patient would die
'Terrified' patient would die
The new head of Dunedin Hospital's emergency department (ED) says a lack of adequate staff over the past couple of years left her ''terrified'' at times that a patient would die.
Wrongly built unit means theatre changes
Wrongly built unit means theatre changes
The Southern District Health Board says it is able to accommodate a French-built ventilation unit made to the wrong specifications for its new operating theatre in Dunedin Hospital.
40-week wait for routine MRI scan
40-week wait for routine MRI scan
Dunedin Hospital patients are now waiting up to 40 weeks for a routine MRI scan, with efforts to reduce wait times mostly yet to bear fruit.
Vietnamese surgeons maintain long links
Vietnamese surgeons maintain long links
A group of Vietnamese orthopaedic surgeons from the city of Quy Nhon have been in Dunedin this week, observing hip and knee surgery.
Orthopaedic surgery need high
Orthopaedic surgery need high
The high number of patients waiting for urgent orthopaedic surgery at Dunedin Hospital are being managed by cancelling non-urgent surgery, surgical medical director Murray Fosbender says.
Clinical leader for emergency dept
Clinical leader for emergency dept
Dunedin Hospital's emergency department has a clinical leader, Dr Caroline Collins, nearly a year after her predecessor stepped down over staff numbers.
Woman with cancer prompts test recall
Woman with cancer prompts test recall
A woman diagnosed with bowel cancer at Dunedin Hospital prompted a recall of patients for surveillance colonoscopies, Southern District Health Board gastroenterology clinical leader Dr Jason Hill said yesterday.
Concern over scan waiting times
Concern over scan waiting times
The public needs to know when ''huge'' waiting times for routine scans at Dunedin Hospital will be fixed, Southern District Health Board member Richard Thomson told the hospital advisory committee this week.
Less time for scanning
Less time for scanning
Despite long waiting times for routine MRI and CT scans, Dunedin Hospital's scanners run for an hour less each day than in Invercargill.
Answers sought over scan waiting time
Answers sought over scan waiting time
A Dunedin woman waiting for an MRI scan deemed routine by Dunedin Hospital believes some patients are classified as low priority to make the waiting list look better.
ED staff boosted, threat withdrawn
ED staff boosted, threat withdrawn
An ''intimidatory'' threat of disciplinary action against a Dunedin Hospital doctor has been dropped after months of negotiations with the Southern District Health Board, his union says.
Soni back in city as locum neurosurgeon
Soni back in city as locum neurosurgeon
American neurosurgeon Deepa Soni has returned to Dunedin Hospital as a locum while one of the permanent neurosurgeons gains vocational registration in Christchurch.
40-week wait for CT scan
40-week wait for CT scan
Patients are waiting 40 weeks for a routine CT scan at Dunedin Hospital, a report to tomorrow's hospital advisory committee shows.
Ministry was unaware of colonoscopy data
Ministry was unaware of colonoscopy data
Hundreds of Dunedin Hospital patients did not receive surveillance colonoscopies over several years but that was not tracked by the Ministry of Health, which only started individually recording the procedure last year.