Hawkes Bay District Health Board - Latest News [Page 4]
Incident In Napier - Patient Condition
Thursday, 7 May 2009, 11:47 am | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board confirms three patients have been brought into the Emergency Department following an incident in Napier earlier this morning Their conditions are as follows:- More >>
Status Update: Influenza A (H1N1) 4/5/09
Monday, 4 May 2009, 2:42 pm | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
4 Hawke’s Bay people are considered suspect for Influenza A (H1N1) • 1 person in Hawke’s Bay is considered probable for Influenza A (H1N1) • No Hawke’s Bay people have been confirmed with Influenza A (H1N1) • A further 53 Hawke’s Bay ... More >>
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board well prepared
Thursday, 30 April 2009, 4:49 pm | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board is well prepared for a pandemic and has been working to its Pandemic Plan since Monday. Yesterday the DHB established its Emergency Operations Centre and Incident Management Team in response to the Swine Flu (Influenza ... More >>
Swine Flu update - Hawkes Bay DHB
Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 12:41 pm | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
All nine Hawke’s Bay passengers on board the same flight as the students with swine flu are showing no signs of influenza. The passengers were visited yesterday by a public health nurse and had no flu like symptoms but were offered Tamiflu and asked ... More >>
Influenza Advice for Returning Travellers
Monday, 27 April 2009, 2:37 pm | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay people returning from North America or Mexico within the last fortnight who have influenza like symptoms are being asked to ring their GP or nearest medical centre for advice. More >>
Resignation GM planning, funding and performance
Tuesday, 17 February 2009, 2:34 pm | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Win Bennett, Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s general manager planning, funding and performance, announced his resignation today. More >>
Sir John Anderson re HBDHB CEO resignation
Thursday, 5 February 2009, 4:26 pm | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Sir John Anderson today announced the resignation of Hawke’s Bay District Health Board chief executive Chris Clarke. This follows six years in the role and recognises Chris’s intention to move to the next stage of his career. More >>
Resignation Of HBDHB Chief Executive
Thursday, 5 February 2009, 4:16 pm | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Today I am announcing my resignation as Chief Executive of Hawke’s Bay District Health Board effective from 20 February, 2009. More >>
Breathing easy for Napier’s Housing NZ Tenants
Friday, 16 January 2009, 12:17 pm | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Encouraging tenants to have a smoke free home or to quit smoking themselves has won Housing New Zealand’s Napier Neighbourhood Unit and the Hawke’s Bay DHB an Asthma and Respiratory Advocacy Award. More >>
Waipuka Stream, Esk River Swimming Warning Lifted
Wednesday, 17 December 2008, 10:38 am | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
• Waipuka Stream at Ocean Beach and • Esk River Dr Hoskins says re-sampling by the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has shown much lower levels of bacteria. “The levels are now well within the recommendations of the national Recreational Water ... More >>
Re-Instatement of Former Elected Board Members
Friday, 12 December 2008, 9:35 am | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
We welcome the news of our re-instatement and effective exoneration. The re-instatement decision fully justifies the unprecedented action taken by the five Hawke's Bay Councils on behalf of the community to challenge former Minister Cunliffe's decision to dismiss ... More >>
Generous donation supports HB cardiac research
Tuesday, 30 September 2008, 1:15 pm | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
The Hawke’s Bay Medical Research Foundation Inc. in association with the T.K. Brightwell Trust has recently donated two ambulatory ECG recording devices to the cardiac unit at Hawke’s Bay Hospital Soldiers’ Memorial. More >>
HBDHB wins TUANZ Education Award
Friday, 29 August 2008, 2:55 pm | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
The Incubator health careers programme developed by the Hawke’s Bay District Health Board won last night’s Education Award at the TUANZ Innovation Awards The Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand Awards (TUANZ) recognise industry leaders in the ... More >>
Lake Tutira Algal Bloom Warning Lifted
Friday, 23 May 2008, 12:48 am | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr Richard Hoskins, has lifted the warning for people not to swim or pursue any recreational activities in Lake Tutira because of the presence of a cyanobacteria algal bloom. More >>
HBDHB Commissioner appoints two deputies
Friday, 16 May 2008, 3:15 pm | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board commissioner, Sir John Anderson, announced the appointment of two additional deputy commissioners today. They will join deputy commissioner, Brian Roche, who was appointed by the Minister of Health in February this year. More >>
HB Hospital yet again preparing for doctors strike
Friday, 2 May 2008, 10:34 am | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay Hospital Soldiers’ Memorial will be reduced to providing limited outpatient, surgical and emergency services during next week's planned two-day national strike by junior doctors. The DHB has received strike notice from the New Zealand ... More >>
HB Hospital preparing for junior doctors’ strike
Friday, 18 April 2008, 10:07 am | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay Hospitial Soldiers’ Memorial will be reduced to providing limited outpatient, surgical and emergency services during next week’s planned two-day national strike by junior doctors. More >>
Some swimming warnings lifted
Thursday, 14 February 2008, 5:21 pm | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr Caroline McElnay today lifted a warning made on 13.2.08 advising members of the public not to swim in the: - Maraetotara Lagoon. - Waipuka Stream. - Kairakau Lagoon. - Waipatiki Lagoon. ... More >>
Algal Bloom Warning for Lake Tutira
Wednesday, 13 February 2008, 9:55 am | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s Public Health Unit has issued a health warning following the discovery of high levels of blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) in Lake Tutira, north of Napier. More >>
Be Wary of Algal Mats in Rivers
Wednesday, 30 January 2008, 11:05 am | Hawkes Bay District Health Board
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council and Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s medical officer of health say people using the Tukituki River should be wary of blue-green algal (cyanobacteria) mats. These mats appear on riverbanks and perhaps on the surface ... More >>