Health
Hospital studies virtual reality model
Dunedin Hospital is turning to the virtual world for clues on how best to move patients faster through its emergency department.
Losing service will cost lives, neurologists say
Parafed Otago adds voice
A Dunedin man, who was not expected to live following an accident almost 50 years ago, has made an impassioned plea for the retention of neurosurgery services.
Nurse rallies to promote neurosurgery importance
Owaka woman Sandra Grant knows only too well the value of neurosurgery services in Dunedin.
Consider the background agendas
Men's health singled out
Dunedin Hospital to tighten security
Security at Dunedin Hospital is to be tightened because of an increase in the number of patients and visitors carrying weapons.
Chief information officer to leave SDHB
The IT chief who rebuilt the old Otago health board's IT department after the Michael Swann fraud says he is looking forward to his new challenge in the private sector.
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 disput