A Pharmac proposal to fund hepatitis C drugs has created a stir among sufferers, but not everyone will be covered, Hepatitis C Resource Centre Otago co-ordinator Allison Beck says.
Some Dunedin melanoma patients died after they could not access a life-extending cancer drug that looks set to be funded in a couple of months, Dunedin oncologist Chris Jackson says.
Two claims have been settled with the Ministry of Social Development in relation to Edward Anand's offending and more are in progress, the ministry said in a statement.
Automation is starting to affect the ‘‘core'' work of anaesthetists, and that is challenging for some specialists, anaesthetist Ross Kennedy says.
A technique first tested on bees is being trialled on New Zealand surgical patients, and preliminary results suggest it reduces the jet-lag caused by anaesthetic, Associate Prof Guy Warman will tell a medical conference in Auckland today.
Babies who receive a general anaesthetic suffer no ill effects by the age of 2, but the 700 children will be followed up at the age of 5, the lead researcher of a world-first multicountry study says.
Patients who have been exposed to unsafe practices in Dunedin Hospital may feel they have been placed at risk and they should have been told, the New Zealand Sterile Services Association (NZSSA) says.
A Public Service Association organiser has called for an independent investigation into Dunedin Hospital sterile supply practices because of "grave'' concerns about shoddy practice.
A meeting between protest organiser Clare Curran and the Southern District Health Board yesterday was positive, the Dunedin South MP says.
Presbyterian Support Otago won the supreme award at the 2016 Trustpower Dunedin Community Awards last night for the work of its volunteers.
Southern District Health Board bosses have requested a meeting with Dunedin South MP Clare Curran this morning to discuss the food service protest.
The Southern District Health Board has blamed a ‘‘significant data problem'' for figures that appear to show 28% of patients missed out on a hospital appointment in a single month.
A former Southern District Health Board member has spoken out about the hospital kitchen outsourcing, saying she wishes she had voted against it, but at the time felt there was little choice.
Hopes the Dunedin physio pool upgrade would start this year have been dealt a blow after it emerged a long-term lease is unlikely to be granted any time soon by the Southern District Health Board.
Two electorate secretaries have resigned from Clutha-Southland MP Todd Barclay's southern electorate offices.
Health Minister Dr Jonathan Coleman has praised the ''standard Kiwi fare'' he sampled at Dunedin Hospital today, and says there is ''nothing wrong'' with the meals.
The atmosphere in the Clutha-Southland electorate is ‘‘awkward'', and it is hoped its annual meeting will clear the air, a National Party official says.
Complaining to a local MP and the Southern District Health Board commissioner appears to have paid off for Dunedin man Russell Lippert, but he is worried about other patients whose orthopaedic surgery has been postponed.
There is growing concern over surgery waiting times - and the patients who are kept off the waiting list through gate-keeping. In the south, much of the frustration centres on long waits for...
The Southern District Health Board has blamed a ‘‘series of circumstances'' for a senior clinician incurring an $11,000 bill on a digital device while overseas.
