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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 29]
Meg Theriault Update and Parents’ Statement
Friday, 18 May 2012, 2:54 pm | Waikato DHB
Meg Theriault, the 21-year-old student in Waikato Hospital’s intensive care unit from the crash near Turangi last week, remains in a critical condition but is breathing on her own. More >>
Cambridge man marks 125th anniversary - with an operation
Thursday, 17 May 2012, 12:09 pm | Waikato District Health Board
A 72-year-old Cambridge man called John made history today when he had a two and a half hour laparoscopic appendectomy at Waikato Hospital starting on the stroke of midnight. More >>
Happy Birthday to Us! You Can Celebrate with Us
Thursday, 17 May 2012, 10:00 am | Waikato District Health Board
It has been 125 years since the first patient was admitted to Waikato Hospital, on Thursday (17 May). More >>
Breast Screen Midland Welcomes Gratitude from 'The Girls'
Wednesday, 16 May 2012, 12:48 pm | Waikato DHB
Breast Screen Midland (BSM) has experienced a rapid boost in the number of compliments about their free breast screening services. Since May 1, 17 notes of written gratitude have been received from Midland patients. More >>
Free Quit Card Training For Maori Staff
Wednesday, 16 May 2012, 10:35 am | Waikato District Health Board
Te Puna Oranga, Waikato District Health Board’s Maori Health Service, is offering free quit card provider training to all Maori staff working within the Midland region on 30-31 May. More >>
Nurse Palliative Care Role Appointed for Waikato DHB
Sunday, 13 May 2012, 6:11 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Sandi Haggar has been appointed to the new role of nurse practitioner - palliative care with the Waikato Regional Palliative Care Service. She is one of only four palliative care nurse practitioners in New Zealand. More >>
Knights Bring Experience, Family Values to Waikato Hospital
Sunday, 13 May 2012, 6:07 pm | Waikato District Health Board
For some Waikato Hospital staff, work is a family affair. It’s not unusual for husbands and wives or sibling sets to work for such a large organisation, but it’s rare for four members of one family to share the same employer. More >>
Fatal Car Accident Near Turangi: Patient Update
Sunday, 13 May 2012, 10:10 am | Waikato District Health Board
A 21 year old Boston woman from the crash below is in a critical condition in Waikato Hospital's intensive care unit. More >>
Delivery & Capacity Planning At Waikato Hospital Wins Award
Friday, 11 May 2012, 10:22 am | Waikato District Health Board
A Waikato Hospital project looking at delivery and capacity planning within the hospital, has been deemed so effective, it has won an award at tonight’s Waikato District Health Board Best of Health Awards. By far the biggest category, there were 14 entries ... More >>
Immunisation Initiative Wins Best Of Health Innovation Award
Friday, 11 May 2012, 10:20 am | Waikato District Health Board
A Population Health immunisation initiative looking at immunising children opportunistically in hospital and health settings, has won a top prize in the Waikato District Health Board Best of Health Awards tonight. The project, titled, ‘Opportunities taken: ... More >>
Midlands Health Network A Winner On The Night
Friday, 11 May 2012, 10:16 am | Waikato District Health Board
Primary health care provider Midlands Health Network has tonight claimed a top prize worth $1500 in the Waikato District Health Board Best of Health Awards. The project, ‘eReferral best practice generic template roll out to Waikato DHB general practices', ... More >>
Project Energize picks up top prize at awards evening
Friday, 11 May 2012, 9:56 am | Waikato DHB
Project Energize has won the 2012 Waikato District Health Board Best of Health Awards tonight. Project Energize, a collaborative programme run by Sport Waikato and funded by Waikato DHB, has won total prize money of $4500 taking out the overall prize as ... More >>
Waikato DHB Accepts Coroner’s Findings
Thursday, 10 May 2012, 11:27 am | Waikato DHB
Waikato District Health Board has today accepted the findings of coroner Gordon Matenga into the death of baby Adam Barlow at Waikato Hospital on 25 October 2009. More >>
Avoid getting sick this winter
Wednesday, 9 May 2012, 11:00 am | Waikato District Health Board
Dr Allan Moffitt, associate medical director at Midlands Health Network, says children are most vulnerable during winter and cases of Influenza are generally highest in children, from whom the virus easily spreads to the wider community. More >>
1500 Pēpi-pods to reduce infant death in Waikato
Thursday, 3 May 2012, 10:25 am | Waikato District Health Board
The free distribution of 1500 Pēpi-pod infant beds in the Waikato region is considered a “world-first” scale of investment in safe sleeping for the vulnerable young. More >>
Celebrations for Midland Nurses and Midwives Start this Week
Tuesday, 1 May 2012, 2:40 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Nurses and midwives around the Midland region are celebrating International Midwives and Nurses Days in a variety of ways in May. International Day of the Midwife is on Saturday 5 May with the theme, “The world needs midwives now more than ever.” More >>
New gardens at Thames Hospital thanks to Rotary
Monday, 30 April 2012, 5:12 pm | Waikato DHB
The courtyard gardens at Thames Hospital have been a feature of the hospital’s environment since its redevelopment three years ago. And it is thanks to the work of many selfless volunteers from the local Rotary Club that the environment regularly ... More >>
Response from Waikato DHB re immunisation claims
Friday, 27 April 2012, 9:45 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato District Health Board did not use social networking sites to encourage teenagers to get immunised without their parents' consent following a measles outbreak in Te Awamutu last year. More >>
Revisit immunisation advice urges Measles mother
Tuesday, 24 April 2012, 10:44 am | Waikato District Health Board
Date: 24 April 2012 Revisit immunisation advice urges Measles mother Te Awamutu mother Ally Edwards-Lasenby thought she was doing the right thing by making an informed decision not to immunise her son against Measles at four years of age. It was at ... More >>
Mobile Immunisation Staff Step Up Reminder
Monday, 23 April 2012, 4:11 pm | Waikato DHB
Hundreds of little people have walked, tottered, or been carried up the steps of Waikato District Health Board’s mobile immunisation van over the past 12 months allowing staff to deliver 800 free immunisations. More >>
