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Hawke’s Bay Hospital in desperate need of crutches
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 9:40 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Hawke's Bay Hospital is in desperate need of crutches. If you have crutches at home you no longer need, please drop them in to reception at Hawke's Bay Hospital, the Napier Health Centre, Central Hawke's Bay Health Centre or the Wairoa Health Centre. ... More >>
Hawke's Bay DHB provides more elective services
Tuesday, 3 October 2006, 9:17 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board (HBDHB) chief operating officer, Mr Ray Lind, says HBDHB staff are to be congratulated for their hard work which has resulted in 13% more elective surgery and 13,882 people having a first appointment to see a specialist ... More >>
Full Back Up Pledged During Doctors' Strike
Wednesday, 14 June 2006, 10:02 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board reassures the public that the emergency department at Hawke’s Bay Hospital will continue to provide 24-hour care during the planned strike by junior doctors. Senior doctors will be providing additional cover for the ... More >>
Junior doctors plan strike action
Thursday, 8 June 2006, 10:35 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
A team of 15 Hawke’s Bay District Health Board staff are meeting daily as plans to scale down hospital services take effect in preparation for a planned five-day strike by around 90 junior doctors at Hawke’s Bay Hospital. More >>
Project launched to defuse “Heart health bomb”
Monday, 10 April 2006, 5:37 pm | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Media release Project launched to defuse “Heart health bomb” A project to help defuse a looming “heart health bomb” was launched in Hawke’s Bay today. The two-day seminar in Napier marks the beginning of the “One Heart Many Lives”campaign in Hawke’s Bay. ... More >>
Funding boost for CHB/HB Hospital transport
Friday, 27 January 2006, 10:34 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board members have voted unanimously to take over funding a free transport service between Central Hawke’s Bay and Hawke’s Bay Hospital. The service, already in existence, has been run on a voluntary basis by the Central Hawke’s ... More >>
Joint Army/HBDHB Exercise Starlight Avenger 2
Monday, 23 January 2006, 10:36 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
This week Hawke’s Bay Hospital is hosting a NZ Army Forward Surgical Team (FST) as part of a joint exercise involving the Army and Air Force personnel from New Zealand and soldiers from Australia. More >>
Algal Bloom Warning For Lake Tutira Continues
Friday, 30 December 2005, 5:21 pm | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s Public Health Unit has re-issued a health warning following the discovery of cyanobacteria algal blooms in Lake Tutira, north of Napier last week. More >>
Algal Bloom Warning For Lake Tutira
Friday, 23 December 2005, 3:43 pm | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s Public Health Unit has issued a health warning following the discovery of cyanobacteria algal blooms in Lake Tutira, north of Napier. More >>
Another success for HBDHB’s Specialist Radiology
Wednesday, 10 August 2005, 9:32 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
It isn’t often that you hear the words “awesome” being emitted from a white-coated, technically orientated radiologist, but that is exactly what Dr Sean Skea, Head of Radiology at Hawke’s Bay Hospital is saying about the Board’s new 16 channel capable ... More >>
Hubba Hubba – the message is getting through
Tuesday, 28 June 2005, 3:39 pm | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
A recent survey carried out in Hawke’s Bay found that 100% of the young people surveyed knew about the Ministry of Health’s No Rubba – No Hubba Hubba advertisement, and could recall that the message was to wear a condom if you are having sex. More >>
MeNZB™ teams take to the streets in Maraenui
Monday, 13 June 2005, 4:18 pm | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
In a bid to make it easier for people in Maraenui to take advantage of the free MeNZB™ vaccinations, Te Kupenga Hauora, Kahungunu Health Services (Choices) and the DHB’s immunisation team are setting up a clinic in the Faith Family Fellowship Church at ... More >>
Bay DHB prepares for impact of MRT strike action
Monday, 16 May 2005, 5:43 pm | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board is busy finalising contingency plans since it received notice of a four day strike from MRTs (medical radiation technologists who operate services such as x-rays, scans, mammography and ultra-sound) who plan to strike in ... More >>
Eat your fruit & veg & get your MeNZB™ vaccination
Friday, 13 May 2005, 4:17 pm | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board member, former plunket nurse, and grandmother of seven, Joan Sye, says she’ll be out and about during WellChild week happy that all her grandchildren will be having their MeNZB™ vaccinations. More >>
Group Education For People With Type 2 Diabetes
Wednesday, 11 May 2005, 10:25 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Following a successful pilot programme last year, Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s diabetes team in conjunction with Sport Hawke’s Bay and Diabetes Hawke’s Bay have teamed up to provide free courses for people with Type 2 diabetes. More >>
DHB Urges People To Take Care of Their Health
Tuesday, 3 May 2005, 10:13 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay Hospital is full to capacity following an influx of acutely unwell patients last week, and medical, surgical and inpatient rehabilitation manager, Alistair Ayto, is urging people to take steps to look after their own health needs. More >>
Karamu Stream And Clive River Now Clear Of Sewage
Thursday, 14 April 2005, 9:18 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Following last weeks (Tuesday 5th April) sewage spill in to the Karamu Stream, Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s medical officer of health, Dr Caroline McElnay, said latest results to-date show that the sewage has now dispersed and that the warnings ... More >>
Meningococcal B campaign ‘hits the road’
Monday, 4 April 2005, 12:42 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
The Meningococcal B (MeNZB™) immunisation programme will soon be taken out into the far reaches of Hawke's Bay. More >>
First Meningococcal Vaccine Given Next Week
Friday, 1 April 2005, 3:56 pm | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
Monday 4 April marks the first day of the school-based vaccination programme taking place in 140 schools throughout Hawke’s Bay. More >>
Meningococcal disease survivor given second chance
Monday, 21 March 2005, 11:39 am | Hawke's Bay District Health Board
March 29 last year started as an ordinary day for Adam Mist, now 19. It’s a day he will never forget. He was washing his car at 11am, had a severe headache by 2pm, was in intensive care by 4pm and put on life support at 5.30pm – a victim of meningococcal ... More >>
