Eileen Goodwin

Water ran down walls in two of Dunedin Hospital's operating theatres after Monday's thunderstorm, Parliament's health select committee heard yesterday.

The head of the doctors' college who apologised for Herb Green's ''unfortunate experiment'' at National Women's Hospital has defended a three-decade delay making it.

Three health providers forced to leave Hanover St because of a supermarket expansion have disclosed their new site.

Three flights were cancelled yesterday after both Air New Zealand and Jetstar had mechanical problems.  A Jetstar  flight was initially delayed for hours while an engineer was flown to...

The Dunedin Donor Centre is moving from its Cumberland St site because it needs more space, the New Zealand Blood Service says.

Dunedin pain medicine specialist Dr David Jones says quite a few of his patients smoke cannabis for pain relief, but he is sceptical.

More than 2300 patients — a fifth of Dunedin Hospital eye patients — remain overdue for ophthalmology appointments, but the numbers have now started to reduce.

A new early childcare centre opening at Wakari Hospital in its former chapel will make a big difference to parents, its backers say.

Doctors are not prejudiced against medicinal cannabis, and will prescribe any drug whose benefit is proven, New Zealand Medical Association chairman Stephen Child says.

After nearly three years in pain, Heather Kelman finally has the assurance she needs — she will receive a new left hip soon.

The Southern District Health Board is clamping down on information it has previously released without objection.

Midwives have complained that a lack of safe transfers from Central Otago and Queenstown to main centres is putting "women and babies at risk".

The entity charged with overhauling mental health services privately warned the Southern District Health Board that patients could be "stranded "without services if extra funding was not provided.

Participants (from left) Craig Thomas (19), of Dunedin, Benjamin Frew (21), of Auckland, and Finn Luxton (20), of Dunedin, worked together yesterday to create a computer game from scratch as part...

A $120,000 grant has been pulled from the Dunedin physiotherapy pool upgrade because no-one yet knows when — or even if — it will happen.