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Waikato District Health Board
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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 28]
Hospital No-Shows a Costly Exercise
Friday, 13 July 2012, 9:48 am | Waikato District Health Board
Hauraki-Thames/Coromandel residents not keeping their hospital appointments between July 2011 and February 2012 have cost Waikato District Health Board nearly half a million dollars. More >>
Buy a Momento coffee, help Waikato children
Thursday, 12 July 2012, 11:19 am | Waikato District Health Board
When Craig and Courtenay Paul decided they wanted to give something back to the community that helped them create a successful boutique cafe operation in Hamilton, they didn’t have to look far for their first recipient. More >>
Pharmacy staff respond to a challenge
Wednesday, 11 July 2012, 3:21 pm | Waikato District Health Board
It was the sort of challenge pharmacy staff take in their stride but three months on from the opening of the new cytotoxic compounding unit at Waikato Hospital, Dr John Barnard and Jan Goddard realise what an outstanding job staff did in such a ... More >>
Cyanobacterial warnings lifted from two more Waikato lakes
Friday, 6 July 2012, 9:28 am | Waikato District Health Board
The health warnings have now been lifted for two more Waikato lakes, leaving Waikare the only regularly tested lake which still has a warning in place. Ngaroto and Whangape have their warnings lifted; Hakanoa and Waahi have not had health warnings for some ... More >>
Waikato Hospital patient updates: statement from family
Tuesday, 3 July 2012, 4:17 pm | Waikato District Health Board
The parents of Jaryd Doughty, 19, of Pukekohe, the sole survivor from a crash near Gordonton, Hamilton last week have this afternoon issued a statement offering their condolences to the families of the three teenagers killed in the accident. More >>
Free general practice visits for children under six
Monday, 2 July 2012, 5:26 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato District Health Board is reducing barriers to health care for parents of children under six by making visits to their doctor or nurse free during business hours at their regular practice and after hours at nominated clinics across the region. More >>
Waikato DHB breaks surgical records
Wednesday, 27 June 2012, 3:51 pm | Waikato District Health Board
MEDIA RELEASE Despite experiencing the busiest stage of redevelopment at Waikato Hospital and the most challenging financial time in its history, Waikato District Health Board's surgical discharges are up 25 per cent on five years ago. The board ... More >>
Changes to the Smokefree Environments Act about to come in
Wednesday, 27 June 2012, 11:20 am | Waikato DHB
Tobacco displays will become a thing of the past next month when amendments to the Smoke-Free Environments Act come into force. To ensure compliance, smoke-free enforcement officers working in district health boards under contract to the Ministry of Health, ... More >>
The changing face of Waikato Hospital
Saturday, 23 June 2012, 1:12 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Work began on Waikato District Health Board’s $430 million building and redevelopment programme at Waikato and Thames hospitals eight years ago. More >>
Atrium in Waikato Hospital a knockout
Saturday, 23 June 2012, 1:09 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Media Release Date: 22 June 2012 WAIKATO HOSPITAL ATRIUM A "KNOCK OUT COMBINATION" They thought of everything – even the surface material is permanently anti-bacterial and easy to clean. This clever design aspect is just part of the reason that the ... More >>
Hamilton student wins Transfusion Art competition
Friday, 22 June 2012, 1:18 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Mark Stevenson, a 17-year-old Hamilton Christian School student, took out the Transfusion Art competition with a piece judge Tim Croucher programme leader of Wintec School of Media Arts described as "stunning". More >>
Meg Theriault and parents leave New Zealand
Thursday, 14 June 2012, 11:11 am | Waikato District Health Board
The 21-year-old American student involved in a fatal car accident last month near Turangi, flew out of Hamilton International Airport today on a medi-flight bound for Boston, Massachusetts. More >>
Hague Road Joins Hamilton City's Road Map
Wednesday, 13 June 2012, 3:57 pm | Waikato DHB
Hamilton has a new road. Hague Road is the main road into and out of the Waiora Waikato Hospital campus and is named after a man who left a big hole in the staff of Waikato District Health Board’s Building Programme Office. More >>
Patient Update on Stuart Scoular
Monday, 11 June 2012, 12:20 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Australian-based New Zealander Stuart Scoular, 41, is now in a stable condition in Waikato Hospital's intensive care unit following a crash at the Targa Rotorua rally yesterday. More >>
Bone Marrow Transplant Milestone
Friday, 8 June 2012, 10:46 am | Waikato DHB
Today is a big day for the Waikato Hospital Haematology Department and equally big for consultant haematologist Dr Humphrey Pullon who established the transplant service there 20 years ago. More >>
Caring Service A Good Start
Thursday, 7 June 2012, 10:41 am | Waikato District Health Board
If you are over 65 years of age, have been admitted to Waikato or Thames hospitals and need some help to recover once you return home, the Waikato District Health Board’s ‘START’ service is there to lend a hand. More >>
Patient update Meg Theriault
Thursday, 31 May 2012, 3:31 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Meg Theriault , the 21-year-old student in Waikato Hospital from the crash near Turangi on Saturday 12 May is awake and spoken her first words since the accident. More >>
Pleasing Improvement for Waikato DHB
Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 10:17 am | Waikato DHB
Waikato District Health Board continues to make steady progress towards meeting the government’s target for shorter waits in emergency departments. The third quarter (January, February, March) results released by the Ministry of Health today showed ... More >>
START Service Goes Primary
Monday, 21 May 2012, 4:09 pm | Waikato District Health Board
The Waikato District Health Board Supported Transfer and Accelerated Rehabilitation Team (START) is moving to Northcare Primary Health on Pukete Rd on 11 June. More >>
Blood Pressure Checks Reveal Mixed Results
Friday, 18 May 2012, 6:39 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Media Release Date: 18 May 2012 Blood Pressure Checks Reveal Mixed Results Waikato District Health Board’s Older Persons and Rehabilitation staff today took 114 peoples blood pressure in two hours at Waikato Hospital. Thirty of those – a mixture of ... More >>
