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Waikato District Health Board
Healthy People. Excellent Care
Waikato District Health Board (DHB) employs over 6500 people and plans, funds and provides hospital and health services to more than 391,770 people in a region covering eight per cent of New Zealand.
Waikato District Health Board - Latest News [Page 13]
Did I teach you well? Chance encounter of cardiac surgeons
Wednesday, 3 September 2014, 5:20 pm | Waikato District Health Board
When cardio-thoracic surgeon Nand Kejriwal’s registrar told him in the operating theatre recently there was a patient for him to see with multi-trauma, he had no idea it would lead to a reunion with his old mentor. More >>
Waikato: Incentive programme for smokefree pregnancies
Wednesday, 3 September 2014, 11:58 am | Waikato District Health Board
If you are up to 28 weeks pregnant, smoke and are Maori or Pasifika, Waikato District Health Board (DHB) may have up to $250 worth of gift vouchers to give you. More >>
No New Waikato Measles Cases
Thursday, 28 August 2014, 12:11 pm | Waikato District Health Board
There have been no new cases of measles notified to Waikato District Health Board’s public health unit, Population Health, in the last fortnight. More >>
Waikato Improves Health Targets Performance
Tuesday, 26 August 2014, 12:14 pm | Waikato District Health Board
A feature of the health targets performance by Waikato District Health Board (DHB) out today (Tuesday 26 August) is the exceptional team work shown by health professionals in both primary care and hospitals. More >>
Healthier Future Ahead for 4000 Waikato People
Tuesday, 26 August 2014, 11:51 am | Waikato District Health Board
More than 4000 Waikato people with high health needs, the majority of them children, now face a healthier future thanks to a project run by Te Puna Oranga, Waikato District Health Board’s Maori Health Service. More >>
New Maori chaplain for Waikato Hospital
Tuesday, 26 August 2014, 10:42 am | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato Hospital’s new Maori chaplain says he feels greatly privileged to participate in the holistic health and wellbeing of all people coming to the hospital. More >>
Five Years of Waikato Productive Wards Celebrated
Thursday, 21 August 2014, 1:53 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Patients in Waikato District Health Board’s Older Persons and Rehabilitation service are reaping the practical benefits of the DHB’s five-year commitment to the internationally acclaimed Productive Wards programme. More >>
Waikato Reports Only One New Case of Measles
Wednesday, 13 August 2014, 12:55 pm | Waikato DHB
There has been only one case of measles notified to Waikato District Health Board’s Population Health in the last week. The case was a household contact of a laboratory confirmed case and was already in quarantine. More >>
Dental service goes digital for better and quicker diagnosis
Friday, 8 August 2014, 2:54 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato District Health Board’s Waikids dental service is getting a $290,000-plus boost to modernise its x-ray software and storage system. More >>
Breastfeeding at work a real option for mums
Wednesday, 6 August 2014, 12:34 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato DHB health promoter Jo Cottrell said she is delighted at the response to the 2014 Big Latch On breastfeeding events across the Waikato. Waikato DHB strongly supports the initiative and helps to promote it as part of Breastfeeding Week (1-7 ... More >>
Waikato Measles Cases up by 8 to 124
Wednesday, 6 August 2014, 12:01 pm | Waikato DHB
Waikato District Health Board's Public Health Service Population Health has to date (6 August 2014) been notified of 124 confirmed measles cases, up eight on a week ago. More >>
Concert to Raise Funds for Hospital Spiritual Support Staff
Monday, 4 August 2014, 3:45 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Every year chaplains at Waikato Hospital help nearly 30,000 patients, family and staff through hardship, trauma, loss and coping with all that a loved one’s stay at the hospital involves. More >>
Waikato set for Big Latch On
Thursday, 31 July 2014, 12:23 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato set for Big Latch On Waikato mums will celebrate breastfeeding at more than 17 locations across the region this Friday and Saturday, including seven in Hamilton. Waikato District Health Board (DHB) is helping to promote the Big Latch On events ... More >>
Waikato Measles Update
Wednesday, 30 July 2014, 3:10 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato District Health Board’s public health unit Population Health has to date (30 July 2014) been notified of 116 confirmed measles cases, up two on last week. Almost half of the confirmed cases are household contacts of a confirmed case and ... More >>
Rhoda Read nurses training saves Berkeley’s life
Monday, 28 July 2014, 2:06 pm | Waikato DHB
Retired Pateronga farmer Berkeley Clark, 83, is living proof training for saving lives is just as important as actually saving them. More >>
Waikato Surgeon Upset at Surgical Mesh Criticism
Friday, 25 July 2014, 5:14 pm | Waikato District Health Board
A leading Waikato Hospital surgeon says recent publicity about surgical mesh has the potential to detract attention from real clinical issues and undermine public confidence in well-established standards of care. More >>
Exciting milestone for warm whare initiative
Wednesday, 23 July 2014, 2:41 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Before her home was insulated, Rangi Paraha’s children were constantly unwell and away from school, two of them had been hospitalised with asthma, and the family used hot water bottles and sleeping bags until October. More >>
Measles update: Waikato DHB
Wednesday, 23 July 2014, 12:22 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato District Health Board’s Population Health has been notified of 114 confirmed measles cases to date (23 July 2014). Over a third of the confirmed cases are household contacts of a confirmed case and were already placed in quarantine before they were ... More >>
Waikato DHB’s New CEO Part of the Family
Monday, 21 July 2014, 5:06 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Nigel Murray is now a member of a very “special family” of dedicated health professionals at Waikato District Health Board (DHB), board chair Bob Simcock told more than 100 guests at a welcoming powhiri at Te Wananga o Aotearoa Mangakotukutuku Campus in ... More >>
Eat Ice Cream, Help Babies
Wednesday, 16 July 2014, 9:57 am | Waikato District Health Board
Who knew something as simple as empty ice cream containers could mean so much to premature and unwell babies? Waikato Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit charge nurse manager Christine Woolerton and Women’s Health associate charge midwife manager ... More >>
