1950s neurosurgery team
1950s neurosurgery team
Jean Throp (nee MacKenzie) treasures this Dunedin Hospital neurosurgery staff picture from 1953.
Eileen Goodwin
Greater risk for elderly: physician
Greater risk for elderly: physician
Losing neurosurgery in Dunedin may have particularly serious consequences for elderly neurosurgery patients, warns a geriatric medicine consultant physician.
Panel head in Dunedin today for talks
Panel head in Dunedin today for talks
The Auckland-based head of the controversial panel helping decide the fate of neurosurgery in the South will be in Dunedin today talking to health leaders.
Rehabilitation could be at risk
Rehabilitation could be at risk
Wakari Hospital's rehabilitation ward might be compromised if Dunedin loses neurosurgery services to Christchurch, warns the ward's rehabilitation specialist Dr Vic du Plessis.
Losing service will cost lives, neurologists say
Losing service will cost lives, neurologists say
Losing neurosurgery services in Dunedin will cost lives and incur more neurological disability, say three Dunedin Hospital neurologists.
South 'gazumped', Shadbolt says
South 'gazumped', Shadbolt says
Southland's fear of losing health services to Dunedin because of the health board amalgamation had so far proved groundless, but now both provinces risk being "gazumped" by a northern neighbour, says Invercargill mayor Tim Shadbolt.
Psychiatric wards to be smoke-free
Psychiatric wards to be smoke-free
Smoking is to be banned at psychiatric wards in Dunedin, a move labelled "forced treatment" by Southern District Health Board (SDHB) member Richard Thomson.
Long bridge closure annoys community
Long bridge closure annoys community
The Dunedin City Council is under fire for closing a historic railway pedestrian overbridge for safety reasons, and admits confusion about whether it has responsibility for its maintenance.
Dunedin Hospital to tighten security
Dunedin Hospital to tighten security
Security at Dunedin Hospital is to be tightened because of an increase in the number of patients and visitors carrying weapons.
Chief information officer to leave SDHB
Chief information officer to leave SDHB
The IT chief who rebuilt the old Otago health board's IT department after the Michael Swann fraud says he is looking forward to his new challenge in the private sector.
Awareness of battle lower in South
Awareness of battle lower in South
Public awareness of the neurosurgery battle was lower in Southland than Otago, Southern District Health Board member Richard Thomson said at yesterday's hospital advisory committee in Invercargill.
Ashburn staff laid off
Ashburn staff laid off
Involuntary redundancies at Dunedin's Ashburn Clinic have been lower than expected, with only two full-time staff forced to take redundancy among the staff laid off, says clinic business manager Lindsay Smith.
Bid to extend smokefree status
Bid to extend smokefree status
A bid to extend smokefree status to include psychiatric patients will be presented at a Southern District Health Board committee today.
Woman hurt in crash
Woman hurt in crash
A woman sustained a hand injury in a crash just south of Waikouaiti yesterday afternoon.
Murder show portrayed the 'monster' in the man
Murder show portrayed the 'monster' in the man
The doctor at the centre of the Colin Bouwer poisoning case depicted on television last week says the show portrayed well the "monster hidden in the man".
Nutrition student counting hazelnuts
Nutrition student counting hazelnuts
Everyone knows nuts are good for you, but just how many you need to get the health benefit is the basis of a University of Otago study.
Seacliff residents plan fruit for the foraging
Seacliff residents plan fruit for the foraging
A heritage orchard planned for the Truby King Reserve in Seacliff heralds a move back to simpler times when people foraged and cooked their own food, says Seacliff community member Juliet Novena Sorrel.
ADHD no 'made-up' disorder
ADHD no 'made-up' disorder
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) had a strong genetic basis and was not the "too-much-sweets disorder", Prof Anita Thapar told a one-day genetics symposium at the University of Otago yesterday.
Bouwer case revisited
Bouwer case revisited
The Dunedin detective sergeant depicted in a television drama about the investigation of a once-respected medical figure who poisoned his wife to death, says he does not want to watch it.
Looking on bright side
Looking on bright side
Living with dementia is difficult but it helps to have a positive outlook, says a Dunedin sufferer.