Art auction boost for fund
The $3 million campaign for the Chair of Neurosurgery was given a $1500 boost from South Otago yesterday.
Neurosurgery
Plaudits for $3m neurosurgical campaign
Plaudits for $3m neurosurgical campaign
The South's success in raising $3 million to save neurosurgical services at Dunedin Hospital has been recognised at the TrustPower National Community Awards, in Invercargill.
ICU upgrade needed but staff getting job done
ICU upgrade needed but staff getting job done
Although Dunedin Hospital's intensive care unit is long overdue for redevelopment and it is short of specialists, staff still get the job done cheerfully, the unit's clinical leader, Mike Hunter, says.
Southland doctors state merger fears
Southland doctors state merger fears
The concerns of doctors in Southland who oppose a merger of their health board with the Otago District Health Board are understandable and could be comparable to Otago doctors' concerns if they faced a merger with Canterbury, a Dunedin specialist says.
Neurosurgery services covered, says Rousseau
Neurosurgery services covered, says Rousseau
A neurosurgeon has been on call to cover Dunedin Hospital at all times since it began relying on outside neurosurgeons at the beginning of last year, Southern District Health Board chief executive Brian Rousseau says.
Forum warns lives at risk
Forum warns lives at risk
The recent case of a 46-year-old woman patient who "definitely" would have died without acute neurosurgery at Dunedin Hospital features in a hard-hitting letter from senior clinicians on the dispute over the service's future.
Campaign action a family affair
Campaign action a family affair
Action to support retaining neurosurgery services in Dunedin has been a family affair for Bayfield High School staff member Viv Hepburn and her two daughters at the school.
Losing service will cost lives, neurologists say
Losing service will cost lives, neurologists say
Losing neurosurgery services in Dunedin will cost lives and incur more neurological disability, say three Dunedin Hospital neurologists.
Queenstown joins fight to retain service in Dunedin
Queenstown joins fight to retain service in Dunedin
Queenstown is joining the fight to keep neurosurgery at Dunedin Hospital.
College of surgeons goes quiet
College of surgeons goes quiet
The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons will not elaborate on its claim last weekend that it would be better for patients if the South Island's six neurosurgeons were based in one place.
Discontinuity of care cause for concern
Discontinuity of care cause for concern
Sophie Barker wants to make sure no-one has the same neurosurgery experience as her.
Grey Power opts for Dunedin
Grey Power opts for Dunedin
If a one-site neurosurgery service is preferred for the South Island, then Dunedin should be its home, Grey Power national vice-president Terry King says.
No recommendations in confidential neurosurgery report
No recommendations in confidential neurosurgery report
The draft report on neurosurgery services sent to district health boards for checking did not contain the South Island Neurosurgical Service expert panel's recommendations.
Review bid draws no comment yet
Review bid draws no comment yet
The South Island Neurosurgical Service expert panel's call for a review of patient-recovery and related patient-transport services across the island has drawn no comment at this stage from Otago Rescue Helicopter Trust chairman Ross Black.
Chch surgeon to head neuro panel
Chch surgeon to head neuro panel
The Christchurch neurosurgeon who reportedly threatened to resign over the South Island neurosurgery service decision - which stipulated Dunedin would have resident neurosurgeons, against his recommendation - has been appointed the service's clinical leader.
Let's finish the job
Let's finish the job
One of the most uplifting local events of 2010 was the public campaign to keep neurosurgery in Dunedin and the South.
Neurosurgery halfway mark reached
Neurosurgery halfway mark reached
Public donations have helped the neurosurgery campaign reach its halfway goal, with more than $1.5 million raised.
Waikouaiti women's apple sales help boost appeal
Waikouaiti women's apple sales help boost appeal
A group of Waikouaiti women have helped boost the Neurological Foundation Chair in Neurosurgery appeal to $2.3 million.
Pianist plays part for neurosurgery
Pianist plays part for neurosurgery
More than $16,000 was raised for the Dunedin neurosurgery campaign in Arrowtown on Saturday night, making it the largest fundraiser for the cause in the Queenstown area.
Damning report on doctors' strikes
Damning report on doctors' strikes
A report into a complaint against the Otago District Health Board involving a Dunedin Hospital patient whose treatment was delayed because of strikes suggested "the wrong party is in the dock".