Migrants may squeeze services
Health services in the South will come under pressure from migrant workers who might not be able to pay, Venture South settlement support co-ordinator Sue Morrison-Bailey says.
Health
Big gift for ill children
Dunedin Hospital's children's ward will get $125,000 of new medical equipment, toys and furniture after supermarket workers got behind a fundraising drive.
Upgrading TVs out of ODHB's reach
Replacing irreparable bedside radio and television services for Dunedin Hospital patients may be desirable, but the Otago District Health Board has no money for it.
ODHB deficit runs high
Lack of beds for elderly may affect surgery
A lack of long-stay hospital beds for the elderly in Otago had the potential to affect elective surgery at Dunedin Hospital, the Otago District Health Board was told yesterday, but hope was expres
Funding injection for medical schools
No elective surgery at Grey Hospital
A nursing shortage has forced Grey Hospital to postpone all non-urgent in-patient surgeries.
'Obesity' myth should be reconsidered - lecturer
The health of a person should not be judged by their weight, a Massey University lecturer in human development says.
Dunedin's only neurosurgeon quits
Dunedin Hospital's only neurosurgeon, Suzanne Jackson, has resigned, but the Otago District Health Board is adamant the city will not lose its neurosurgery service.
Some aged care workers still lack wage rise
About 80 aged care workers from two Dunedin rest-homes and hospitals are still fighting to get a 2.8% pay increase despite the Government having made a point of boosting funding for aged care provi