Health

A media statement from the Health Minister Tony Ryall which implied there had been a low number of candidates in the Southern District Health Board elections was "unfortunate", board chairman Erro

The Southern District Health Board's proposed budget showing an $18.5 million deficit has been rejected by the Ministry of Health and a revised plan is expected to be submitted this week.

More than 400 delegates will converge on Dunedin this week to attend two national health conferences involving dietitians and disease-control nurses.

Concern at the length of time the Southern District Health Board has been waiting for a ruling on its controversial "bridging the gap" pilot proposal was raised at this week's hospitals' advisory

"Outrage and anger" are the dominant feelings of southern radiographers who have declared a 24-hour strike in support of northern members suspended for taking industrial action, southern union orga

The Southern District Health Board risked getting into a "stoush" if a rural maternity review was not handled correctly, warned two board members at yesterday's disability support and community and

A member of the expert panel considering the future of neurosurgery in the South will visit Dunedin today to "collect some facts" before the full panel travels to Christchurch, Dunedin and Invercar

A University of Otago health researcher, Prof Philip Hill, is part of a scientific consortium that has used genome scanning to identify a gene associated with increased susceptibility to tuberculos

Incidence of the meningococcal disease strain which killed an Invercargill teenager is rising in proportion to the strain that many people have been vaccinated against, Otago and Southland medical