‘Generous’ Green Island cricketer farewelled
‘Generous’ cricketer remembered and farewelled
At 1pm on a Saturday, Hareesh Gangadharan would normally have been with his "brothers" - the Green Island Super Chunkz cricket team.
Mike Houlahan
Competition feels fires’ effect
Competition feels fires’ effect
Any firefighter knows when it is an emergency you drop everything and go to help.
Utensils find new calling
Utensils find new calling
For most, cutlery is simply a useful tool, but in the hands of Tony Hamilton knives, forks and spoons take on new forms and new functions.
Focus on ageing at home — everyone wins
Focus on ageing at home — everyone wins
For many reasons — personal, health-related and economic — older people are encouraged to stay in their own homes for as long as they are able. In the Otago Daily Times ongoing series about the...
Tirikatene’s Bill faces rocky path
Tirikatene’s Bill faces rocky path
Being the MP for Te Tai Tonga is one of the more thankless jobs in Parliament.
Most clinical services on site
Most clinical services on site
The new Dunedin Hospital should be able to provide most current clinical services on its central-city site, the chairman of the project’s clinical leadership group says.
Missing USB stick travels up food chain
Missing USB stick travels up food chain
In the song it was the woman who swallowed the fly, the bird and the cat.
Programme puts services under pressure
Bowel screening programme puts services under pressure
Gastroenterology services have been overwhelmed by the response in the South to the national bowel cancer screening programme.
GP salary issue revived by Otago academics
GP salary issue revived by Otago academics
A long-lived and eternally controversial proposal has been revived by University of Otago academics in the editorial of the latest New Zealand Medical Journal: the Government paying GPs a set salary.
Decontamination needed before hospital site cleared
Decontamination needed before hospital site cleared
Remedial work will need to be done on two buildings with asbestos and mould issues before work begins on clearing the future site of Dunedin Hospital.
Cancer treatment times questioned
Cancer treatment times questioned
The Southern District Health Board wants to talk to a Southland man about his cancer treatment, saying it is concerned about his experiences.
SDHB found wanting in asset management
SDHB found wanting in asset management
The Treasury has warned the Southern District Health Board could fail to deliver the benefits promised from the rebuild of Dunedin Hospital unless it improves its investment and asset management...
Relief as govt-funded hep C drugs become available
Relief as govt-funded hep C drugs become available
The "modern lepers" of the health system have come in from exile, hepatitis C campaigner Hazel Heal says, after new drugs to treat the disease became available today.
Junior doctors back at work, more striking ahead
Junior doctors back at work, more striking ahead
Junior doctors returned to work this morning after their second 48 hour nationwide strike in the past two weeks, while a third strike is set for next month and a plans for a fourth are in the works.
SDHB doctors' strike curtails appointments
SDHB doctors' strike curtails appointments
About 230 appointments were deferred because of the second resident doctors' strike, the Southern District Health Board says.
Radiology to regain accreditation status
Radiology to regain accreditation status
Dunedin Hospital's troubled radiology department may be about to regain its status as an accredited facility.
Breast-feeding target missed
Breast-feeding target missed
The Southern District Health Board has been given a hurry-up by the Ministry of Health after it failed to reach its target for breast-feeding mothers.
Meeting on maternity downgrade at Lumsden
Meeting on maternity downgrade at Lumsden
Work on downgrading the status of Lumsden Maternity Centre is set to continue, with the meeting of people who may find themselves acting as impromptu midwives.
Strike 'about patient safety, not pay'
Doctors' strike 'about patient safety, not pay'
Dunedin junior doctors say they are in for the long haul as they begin their second two-day strike this month.
Junior doctors to picket
Junior doctors to picket
Junior doctors will picket outside Dunedin Hospital this morning, as a second 48-hour strike by members of the New Zealand Resident Doctors' Association union begins.