Health system not 'perfect'
Health system not 'perfect'
Only a "slightly naive" person would expect to be 100% safe from mishaps in the healthcare system, Southern District Health Board (Otago) chief medical officer Richard Bunton says.
Eileen Goodwin
Fairy tales reflect times, writer says
Fairy tales reflect times, writer says
The portrayal of women in traditional fairy tales is "fairly appalling" by modern standards, but reflects the time they were written down, rather than their origins, author Juliet Marillier told a writing workshop at Otago Girls' High School yesterday.
Cadbury changes affect 20 staff
Cadbury changes affect 20 staff
Cadbury Confectionery Dunedin is to make two new products for New Zealand and Australia this year, but has also started consulting up to 20 staff affected by a drop in crumb production.
Day could make a difference
Day could make a difference
An Oamaru woman is urging people to give a portion of the extra day they work for leap year to the neurosurgery fundraising campaign.
Neurosurgery fundraising walk
Neurosurgery fundraising walk
Two Dunedin students, Matt Fuller (28, left) and Richard Aspinall (23) hit their stride in Princes St, Dunedin, this week, watched by Dr Jill McIlraith, clinical leader of Dunedin Sexual Health Clinic, and husband Dunedin neurologist Associate Prof Graeme Hammond-Tooke.
Slim chance school will stay open
Slim chance school will stay open
There was a "slim chance" Rotary Park School would stay open for 2013, school commissioner Cleave Hay told more than 40 parents, staff, and community members at a meeting at the school last night.
iD 2011: Hundreds queue for designer bargains
iD 2011: Hundreds queue for designer bargains
iD Dunedin Fashion Week organisers are delighted more than 800 shoppers turned out yesterday to hunt for a designer bargain at a pre-fashion week sale.
40 medical mishaps include power-failure death
40 medical mishaps include power-failure death
A patient on a ventilation machine at home who died because of a power failure is one of 40 medical mishaps recorded by the Southern District Health Board in 2010-11.
Electric bikes shown to be easier on the legs
Electric bikes shown to be easier on the legs
Ross McClintock, of Dunedin, tries an electric bike on Saturday morning on Cargill St at a Dunedin City Council-organised event for Bike Wise Month.
House to benefit southern neuro appeal
House to benefit southern neuro appeal
A house is to be built and auctioned to raise funds for the neurosurgery campaign.
Fundraising role came unexpectedly
Fundraising role came unexpectedly
The 82-year-old spearheading the neurosurgery fundraising effort was bemused when he was asked to take the role.
Businesses in the South urged to get behind appeal
Businesses in the South urged to get behind appeal
The South's business community is being urged to back the campaign to raise $3 million for neurosurgery.
Redroofs staff to stop work
Redroofs staff to stop work
About 20 union members at Dunedin's Redroofs Rest Home in Maori Hill will stop work for two hours on March 1 to protest a 1% pay offer, Service and Food Workers Union advocate Alastair Duncan says.
Computer games' rise in elder care tipped
Computer games' rise in elder care tipped
Computer games to stimulate, monitor and aid the elderly will become more central to providing care as the population ages, Norway-based computer scientist Dr Simon McCallum says.
Dementia unit permission sought
Dementia unit permission sought
Woodhaugh Rest Home, in Dunedin, is seeking permission to develop a 16-bed dementia unit and a hospital facility.
Crown monitor's tenure continues
Crown monitor's tenure continues
Southern District Health Board's Crown monitor, Stuart McLauchlan, has had his tenure "rolled over" after it expired at the end of last year, a spokesman for Health Minister Tony Ryall says.
Campus incident results in arrests
Campus incident results in arrests
A police officer interviewed members of Campus Watch after an incident yesterday about 8.10pm at the University of Otago, near the St David lecture theatres, which resulted in two arrests, Senior Sergeant Craig Brown said.
Culture key to stopping child abuse
Culture key to stopping child abuse
Mandatory reporting is not the magic answer to preventing child abuse, public law lawyer Mai Chen told a child welfare seminar in Dunedin yesterday.
Additional acute surgery list soon
Additional acute surgery list soon
Dunedin Hospital will be running an additional acute surgery list by the end of next month if all goes to plan, Southern District Health Board chief operating officer (Otago) Vivian Blake says.
SDHB disputes claims no plan or action on emergency dept staff
SDHB disputes claims no plan or action on emergency dept staff
The Southern District Health Board seems to have "no plan" to increase Dunedin Hospital emergency department (ED) staffing, and it feels like nothing is being done until the new chief executive arrives next month, Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) representative and ED specialist Dr John Chambers says.