Both hospitals back to normal today
Both hospitals back to normal today
Dunedin and Wakari Hospital services will be back to normal today following continued waning of the norovirus outbreak.
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Dunedin Hospital restrictions eased as virus wanes
Dunedin Hospital restrictions eased as virus wanes
Elective services at Dunedin Hospital are due to return to normal next week as the number of new norovirus cases continues to drop.
Pharmac defends funding flavoured condoms
Pharmac defends funding flavoured condoms
Taxpayer funding of a wider range of condoms, including flavoured and ribbed varieties, saves money, increases choice and promotes better sexual health practices, says Pharmac.
Hospital battles new norovirus cases despite lockdown
Hospital battles new norovirus cases despite lockdown
Another 11 staff and five patients at Dunedin Hospital have fallen ill with suspected norovirus as the hospital continues to battle an outbreak of the highly infectious virus.
Greymouth community infected by norovirus
Greymouth community infected by norovirus
There has been an outbreak of the highly infectious gastro-intestinal norovirus in parts of the Greymouth community, the West Coast District Health Board says.
Hospice may get a repieve
Hospice may get a repieve
Plans to close four Otago Community Hospice beds next month will go ahead, but there could be a temporary reopening later if fund-raising for the organisation is between $180,000 and $200,000 more than anticipated.
Jailed doctor struck off
Jailed doctor struck off
Disgraced and jailed New Plymouth doctor Hiran Fernando has been struck off the medical practitioners' registry and ordered to pay thousands of dollars in costs.
Delays could lead to strikes - junior doctors
Delays could lead to strikes - junior doctors
Junior doctors say district health boards (DHBs) are courting further strike action by consistently delaying negotiations and failing to respond to their compromises.
Hospital review calls for more beds
Hospital review calls for more beds
A review into Christchurch's Hillmorton Hospital has been completed after the unexpected deaths of three inpatients this year.
800 shut out of Dunedin Hospital
800 shut out of Dunedin Hospital
Dunedin Hospital remains under lockdown this morning as managers try to contain the spread of a highly infectious norovirus after 17 more cases were reported at the weekend.
Clinicians top pay group
Clinicians top pay group
Pay for the Otago District Health Board's chief executive Brian Rousseau last financial year increased by about $60,000 to between $430,000 and $440,000.
Hospital acts to counter bullying
Hospital acts to counter bullying
A project to counter a culture of bullying and harassment at the Dunedin Hospital has been launched, with Otago District Health Board management staff acknowledging there are issues at the hospital.
Entry may be limited: ambulance or referral
Entry may be limited: ambulance or referral
Another potentially controversial proposal to limit entry to Dunedin Hospital's stretched emergency department is being considered by the Otago District Health Board.
ODHB urged to halt radical changes
ODHB urged to halt radical changes
The simple premise of putting the patient first may help to fix Dunedin Hospital's emergency department woes and save up to 50% wastage at the hospital, the Otago District Health Board was told yesterday.
Concern over colonoscopy cutbacks
Concern over colonoscopy cutbacks
About 80% of people who would once have qualified for free bowel cancer screening colonoscopies through Dunedin Hospital may not be having them now because they have to pay for them, Mercy Hospital chief executive Michael Woodhouse says.
Medical Council stands by decision to register rogue doctor
Medical Council stands by decision to register rogue doctor
The Medical Council is standing by its decision to register an American doctor after mistakes he made during a birth contributed to the death of a baby.
Pharmac to fund skin cancer cream
Pharmac to fund skin cancer cream
The Government's drug buying agency, Pharmac, will fund a new treatment for skin cancers from September 1.
Visitors using NZer's names to get treatment 'risking lives'
Visitors using NZer's names to get treatment 'risking lives'
The Ministry of Health says it is concerned that foreign visitors are using New Zealand relatives' names to get medical treatment, but that there is no indication the problem is widespread.
NZers still dying from preventable cancers: specialist
NZers still dying from preventable cancers: specialist
Failure to diagnose and treat preventable cancers is killing New Zealanders, a Christchurch oncologist says.
Researchers take work to public
Researchers take work to public
People tired of flicking through old magazines about Hollywood gossip will have something new to read at doctors' surgeries this week - a 26-page colour booklet telling some of the stories about health research being carried out in Dunedin.