Should I get a flu shot?
Should I get a flu shot?
Winter is coming, and so are colds, fevers, chills and flus. Health reporter MikeHoulahan considers whether to get a flu injection.
Mike Houlahan
Scanning work spans the ages
Scanning work spans the ages
The youngest patient Jill Oliver has scanned was just 2 hours old and the oldest was 104.
Outside specialists for ophthalmology
Outside specialists for ophthalmology
An external agency will bring eye specialists from around New Zealand to Dunedin to tackle a backlog of 768 patients with "significantly overdue" appointments.
May meetings for the South
May meetings for the South
The government inquiry into mental health and addiction will hold meetings in Otago and Southland at the end of May.
SDHB slammed over man's sight loss
SDHB slammed over man's sight loss
Accountability for a Mataura man going blind in one eye lies with SDHB management, a highly critical report by the Health and Disability Commissioner says.
Bad experience provides material for training
Bad experience provides material for medical training
A maternity care complaint highlighted by the Otago Daily Times has been added to the medical school curriculum as a teaching exercise.
Fitness classes offered to help prevent falls
Fitness classes offered to help prevent falls
Health providers are urging older people to enrol in keep-fit classes as a way of preventing falls.
Hundreds sign up to new low-cost health hub
Hundreds sign up to new low-cost health hub
Business has been booming since Te Kaika, a new health centre in Caversham, opened.
ED review aims at reducing wait times
ED review aims at reducing wait times
Dunedin Hospital’s emergency department is changing procedures in an attempt to reduce long waiting times.
Nurses take grievances to the streets
Nurses take grievances to the streets
Dunedin nurses staged a noisy protest outside the city’s hospital yesterday against the impasse in talks over their collective employment agreement.
Rural health charity to ‘hibernate’
Rural health charity to ‘hibernate’
Rural Health Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand is to go in to "hibernation", but chairman Martin London is pessimistic about the organisation’s prospects of survival.
Urgency over funding for rural health
Urgency over funding for rural health
The board of the Rural Health Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand meets urgently today to consider the organisation's future after failing to secure a promise of taxpayer funding.
'Fruitful territory' to explore, Ker says
'Fruitful territory' to explore, Ker says
Government proposals to reform the polytechnic sector should not come at the cost of high-performing schools such as Otago Polytechnic, its chief executive Phil Ker says.
FASD action plan falls short: expert
FASD action plan falls short: expert
Better diagnosis and treatment of foetal alcohol spectrum disorde could prevent miscarriages of justice like the Teina Pora case, a University of Otago researcher says.
Hodgson's hospital homes plan
Hodgson's hospital homes plan
Private and public investors, including Ngai Tahu, should consider putting money into housing developments for workers employed to build the new Dunedin Hospital, rebuild convener Pete Hodgson says.
5100 sign Lumsden maternity centre petition
5100 sign Lumsden maternity centre petition
The future of Lumsden Maternity Centre remains under consideration, but 5100 people have already made up their minds it should remain open.
Rural health initiatives constrained by dearth of funding
Rural health initiatives constrained by dearth of funding
Work on initiatives aimed at improving health services for rural areas has been paused while the Rural Health Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand fights for its own survival.
SDHB keen to begin bowel screening
SDHB keen to begin bowel screening
The southern region is so prepared to implement the national bowel screening programme that it could have started yesterday, programme leader Jason Hill says.
Boomer Easter set Otago tills ringing
Boomer Easter set Otago tills ringing
Otago retailers are counting the dollars after a record-setting Easter weekend.
'Irritating' holdup to hospital site reveal
'Irritating' holdup to hospital site reveal
Plans to announce the new site for Dunedin hospital this week have been delayed.