Single source of virus unlikely
The cause of the norovirus outbreak at Dunedin Hospital will probably never be known, a virology expert and a Public Health South medical officer say.
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Mercy chief has resigned
More alternative heart operations at Waikato
Norovirus seems to be slowing
The numbers of patients at Dunedin Hospital contracting the contagious norovirus appear to have slowed, with one more falling ill today and one last night.
Kidney disease may increase, says academic
Billing issue yet to be settled
Hospital back to normal
Dunedin Hospital returned to normal yesterday, with services running smoothly after week-long restrictions imposed to fight a norovirus outbreak were lifted.
Hospital power problem revealed
Stand-by generators at Dunedin Hospital could fail to provide emergency power during a power outage, a systems test has revealed.
Suspected meningitis case airlifted to Chch
A one-year-old baby with suspected meningitis was airlifted from Westport on Saturday morning.
High risk pregnant women forced to ChCh
West Coast mothers facing high risk births will have to trek to Christchurch to have their babies, as the West Coast District Health Board (WCDHB) again has a lack of full-time locum specialist obs