Bid to cut back MRI wait time sees Saturday sessions
Additional MRI scans are being carried out at Dunedin Hospital on Saturdays in a bid to cut back the waiting time for non-urgent scans from 107 weeks to 30.
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Retain neurosurgery, MPs told
Despite a suggestion last week that southerners could write to the Director-general of Health, Stephen McKernan, with their concerns about neurosurgery service plans, no letters have yet been recei
Hopes of $1.2m saving dashed
The Southern District Health Board's hopes of saving about $1.2 million a year by charging for laboratory tests ordered by private specialists have been dashed by the Government.
A fundamental service
The damaging hiatus on neurosurgery in Dunedin continues, leaving the city and the South poorly covered at present and with an uncertain future.
Neurosurgery a no-brainer
Progress on single PHO slower than hoped
Ambulance vital for stroke patients
The case of a stroke patient who missed out on clot-busting treatment because they took two hours to come by car to Dunedin Hospital is being used to remind general practitioners such patients sh
Crohn's drug funding approval brings relief
Crohn's disease sufferer Anna Rawlings Blackmore considered leaving her University of Otago course to move to another area where she could get access to a drug not funded in Otago.
Maternity cover on West Coast limited
Some pregnant women on the West Coast of the South Island may need to relocate to Christchurch, because only limited specialist obstetric and gynaecology cover will be available for the next m