MidCentral District Health Board - Latest News [Page 2]
MidCentral COVID-19 Update – 25 January
Tuesday, 25 January 2022, 3:47 pm | MidCentral District Health Board
Today we have one further case of COVID-19 to report in MidCentral. This case is a second household contact of the initial positive case of COVID-19 in Manawatū district reported last week, bringing the total number of cases to three. While this ... More >>
MidCentral DHB COVID-19 Update – 24 January 2022
Monday, 24 January 2022, 9:38 pm | MidCentral District Health Board
Today we have a second case of COVID-19 to report in MidCentral. This case is a household contact of the initial positive case of COVID-19 in Manawatū reported last week. While this is not unexpected, it is a difficult time for the whānau and ... More >>
MidCentral DHB COVID-19 Update – 23 January
Sunday, 23 January 2022, 2:38 pm | MidCentral District Health Board
We have no new cases of COVID-19 to report in MidCentral as at 1pm on Sunday 23 January 2022. Yesterday, 406 tests were processed across the rohe. All close contacts have so far returned negative tests with Day 5 tests currently underway. COVID-19 ... More >>
COVID-19 Update – 22 January
Saturday, 22 January 2022, 3:09 pm | MidCentral District Health Board
We have no new cases of COVID-19 to report in MidCentral as at 1pm on Saturday 22 January 2022. Yesterday, 391 tests were processed across the rohe. All close contacts have so far returned negative tests. COVID-19 has not been detected in wastewater ... More >>
MidCentral DHB Prepared To Respond To COVID-19 In The Community
Friday, 21 January 2022, 7:13 pm | MidCentral District Health Board
Following today’s announcement from the Ministry of Health that there is a positive case of the Omicron variant in Manawatū, the MidCentral District Health Board is encouraging the community to prepare for living with COVID-19. MidCentral District ... More >>
COVID-19 Update – 21 January
Friday, 21 January 2022, 11:15 am | MidCentral District Health Board
There are no further positive cases of COVID-19 to report as at 9am Friday 21 January. The results of the genome sequencing of the positive case announced yesterday will be reported today. Yesterday, 297 tests were processed in the MidCentral rohe. This ... More >>
MidCentral Addressing Inequity Through Its Inaugural Māori Scholarship Programme
Wednesday, 19 January 2022, 3:32 pm | MidCentral District Health Board
To increase Māori representation among its workforce MidCentral District Health Board has released its inaugural Māori Scholarship programme to current students and kaimahi working or seeking to work in health across the MidCentral region. The ... More >>
Introducing New Resusciation Training Programmes At MidCentral DHB
Wednesday, 12 January 2022, 10:27 am | MidCentral District Health Board
MidCentral District Health Board (DHB) has become the second DHB in New Zealand to introduce a breakthrough resuscitation training programme to improve CPR and ventillation training for staff. The Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) Programme uses mobile ... More >>
MidCentral Hits 90 Percent Double Dose In Time For Holidays
Wednesday, 22 December 2021, 10:12 am | MidCentral District Health Board
MidCentral District Health Board has reached a significant milestone in the COVID-19 vaccination rollout with 90 percent of the general and Pasifika population of the rohe now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. More than 288,000 doses of the Pfizer ... More >>
MidCentral DHB Hits 90 Percent First Doses For Māori
Friday, 17 December 2021, 2:57 pm | MidCentral District Health Board
The MidCentral DHB has welcomed the news that 90 percent of eligible Māori within the region have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination. According to data from the Ministry of Health released on Thursday, more than 20,709 Māori ... More >>
Pahiatua Wastewater Positive For COVID-19
Monday, 22 November 2021, 7:10 pm | MidCentral District Health Board
Positive COVID-19 wastewater results have been detected in Pahiatua. MidCentral DHB is asking all residents and any visitors to the town since 14 November to get a COVID-19 test if they have any symptoms, even if very mild. A pop-up testing site ... More >>
One Confirmed COVID-19 Case In MidCentral
Friday, 19 November 2021, 8:50 am | MidCentral District Health Board
MidCentral District Health Board has only one confirmed positive case of COVID-19 in the rohe in Ashhust, Palmerston North. An earlier positive case reported in Horowhenua is currently residing in the Wairarapa District. However MidCentral is still asking ... More >>
Second COVID-19 Doses Due For People Vaccinated On Super Saturday
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 11:53 am | MidCentral District Health Board
MidCentral DHB (MDHB) is encouraging people who received their first COVID-19 vaccination on Super Saturday to receive their second dose from this week. More than 1900 first doses were delivered in MidCentral during the Super Saturday event on 16 October. ... More >>
Nurses And Midwives Invited To Return To Practice Under Supportive Initiative
Wednesday, 20 October 2021, 10:01 am | MidCentral District Health Board
Nurses and midwives who have left the workforce are being invited to return through a supportive Return to Practice Programme at MidCentral DHB. An open day to discuss the Return to Practice Programme for both nursing and midwifery professions will ... More >>
MidCentral Super Saturday Vaccinations Exceed Expectations
Sunday, 17 October 2021, 2:09 pm | MidCentral District Health Board
The MidCentral DHB (MDHB) made a call for arms across the region to respond to the Government’s Super Saturday COVID-19 vaccination day and the community came through. The aim was to get as many people vaccinated as possible and the numbers show every ... More >>
Super Saturday Vaccination Clinics Confirmed In MidCentral Rohe
Thursday, 14 October 2021, 12:23 pm | MidCentral District Health Board
MidCentral DHB’s COVID-19 vaccination blitz on Saturday, 16 October, will include 16 clinics in Palmerston North and 12 in towns around the region. The push is part of a Government campaign to lift vaccination rates across the country and supports ... More >>
Super Saturday Vaccination Week Begins In MidCentral Rohe
Monday, 11 October 2021, 3:08 pm | MidCentral District Health Board
A nationwide push for COVID-19 vaccinations has commenced in the MidCentral rohe and will culminate in a Super Saturday event on 16 October. To support this Government initiative, MidCentral DHB (MDHB) aims to vaccinate as many people as possible and ... More >>
Memorandum Of Understanding Renewed With Capital And Coast DHB
Monday, 4 October 2021, 9:13 am | MidCentral District Health Board
In 2019, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between MidCentral and Capital and Coast DHBs regarding access to health services for Ōtaki and Te Horo residents. The MoU outlines the arrangement between the two DHBs, which allows Ōtaki and Te ... More >>
Employers Encouraged To Bring Vaccination Clinics To Workplaces
Wednesday, 29 September 2021, 10:13 am | MidCentral District Health Board
Employers and community leaders in the MidCentral region are encouraged to register their interest to bring a new mobile vaccination unit to their workplaces or community groups. The pop-up clinics, which have been successfully proven through partnerships ... More >>
Vaccination Clinic Heading To Rongotea Sale Yards
Monday, 27 September 2021, 9:25 am | MidCentral District Health Board
A walk-in COVID-19 vaccination clinic will be held at Rongotea sale yards on Tuesday 28 September between 8.30am and 1.30pm. The yard is located at 41 Thames Street, Rongotea, and will be available for anyone in the communtiy who wants to receive ... More >>