Eileen Goodwin

30 suffer partial sight loss in DHB delays

The SDHB has gone public about the issue ahead of the release, in the coming weeks, of the New...

DHB delays affect thousands; 30 suffer partial sight loss

Thirty patients suffered partial sight loss in 2015-16 because of ophthalmology delays at Southern DHB, and thousands of overdue patients have been told they might be affected.

Brakes put on hospital

Brakes put on hospital

The Treasury has managed to slow down the Dunedin Hospital rebuild, despite the clinical services building being at risk of abrupt clinical failure.

Extra orthopaedic operations sought

Stuart Reid, of Dunedin, has a date for hip replacement surgery after two years of waiting. Photo...

Extra orthopaedic operations sought

The Southern District Health Board is trying to find an external provider for an extra 129 orthopaedic surgery cases in a bid to meet a national health target.

Doctors’ strike caused hundreds of postponements

Doctors’ strike caused hundreds of postponements

The Southern District Health Board has released new figures showing the impact of the junior doctors’ strike.

Fertility clinic can bring gift of new life

Andrew and Sally Marr with their son, Leo, as they await the birth of their second child. Photos:...

Fertility clinic can bring gift of new life

After a bit of disruption and delay, Dunedin has its first purpose-built fertility clinic.

New source for Meals on Wheels

A selection of Compass’ meals on wheels food was tasted by The Star in February. Since then...

New source for Meals on Wheels

Sausages and scalloped potatoes will be off the menu when the Compass Group overhauls the Meals on Wheels service next month.

Protest against uni animal lab

Animal rights activists contemplate the cardboard hearts on the building site of the animal...

Protest against uni animal lab

More than 11,000 cardboard hearts, each representing an animal that died in Otago University teaching and research last year, were hung on the site of its new animal research facility yesterday.

City to get four neurosurgeons

Four neurosurgeons for city

Dunedin will have four resident neurosurgeons, three of them with academic duties, and the future of the service in Dunedin is secure, the University of Otago says.

Christchurch neurosurgeon denounces 'propaganda'

Christchurch neurosurgeon denounces 'propaganda'

Christchurch neurosurgeon Ronald Boet says the South is too small to support neurosurgery and the service should be centralised in Christchurch.

Queries as physio pool maintenance slides

Dunedin physiotherapist Barbara Anderson sits on the side of the physiotherapy pool. She has...

Queries as physio pool maintenance slides

The Otago Therapeutic Pool Trust and the Southern District Health Board are at odds over which entity is supposed to be maintaining the pool while its long-term fate remains in limbo.

No accord on neurosurgery

No accord on neurosurgery

The star recruit to Dunedin neurosurgery has "dramatically" reduced his clinical work at Dunedin Hospital, saying the Christchurch hub is not willing to work closely with Dunedin.

'Southern needs similar journey' to that of Canterbury

anterbury District Health Board chief executive David Meates. Photo: Eileen Goodwin.

'Southern needs similar journey' to that of Canterbury

The spectre of hospital services shifting to Christchurch is an often-voiced concern in the South, but there is nothing to worry about, Canterbury DHB CEO David Meates tells Eileen Goodwin.

Insight: Radical rethink rewarding

Radical rethink rewarding

In the third of a three-part series focused on the Dunedin Hospital rebuild, health reporter Eileen Goodwin travels to Christchurch where hospital designs differ "radically" from the past.

Waikato medical school plan 'expensive folly'

Waikato medical school plan 'expensive folly'

A bid to set up New Zealand's third medical school has upset the University of Otago.

Strike about long run

Dunedin Hospital junior doctors are ''hesitant'' about taking strike action, but in the long run it should make the health system safer for patients, a medical registrar says.

Change needed, but caution desirable

The perceived conservatism of Dunedin’s medical fraternity is being challenged in the early planning phase of the Dunedin Hospital rebuild, health reporter Eileen Goodwin discovers.

'Scramble' predicted as budget services shift

Presbyterian Support Otago is the big winner from a shake-up of budget advisory services, while other Dunedin agencies have lost contracts.

Care postponed for 500 patients

More than 70% of the Southern DHB's 269 junior doctors are union members.

Care postponed for 500 patients due to strike

More than 500 Southern District Health Board patients will be affected by the junior doctors' strike.

Health precinct mooted

Dunedin Hospital could be partly rebuilt on land owned by the University of Otago and become part of a university health precinct under a potential land swap.

Q&A: The Hospital rebuild

By Health Reporter Eileen Goodwin

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