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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 38]
Appeal for stray referral letters
Monday, 27 December 2010, 5:32 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato District Health Board is appealing for residents in the Claudelands area of Hamilton East to contact the duty manager at Waikato Hospital if they find any medical referral letters. More >>
High Court Upholds Hamilton Bar Liquor Ban
Friday, 24 December 2010, 12:20 pm | Waikato District Health Board
The High Court has upheld a decision by the Liquor Licensing Authority not to renew the liquor licence of a Hamilton bar, which promoted speed drinking. Waikato District Health Board health protection advisor Ross Henderson today welcomed Justice Cooper’s ... More >>
Coromandel/BOP: Toxins continue to be detected along Coast
Thursday, 23 December 2010, 1:20 pm | Waikato District Health Board
The health warning, first issued back in December 2009, advising against the collection and consumption of shellfish along part of the Coromandel and Bay of Plenty coastline remains in place. More >>
GPs to work in Thames Emergency Department
Wednesday, 22 December 2010, 7:34 pm | Waikato District Health Board
GPs to work in Thames Emergency Department Six general practitioners (GPs) will join forces with Thames Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED) next month to help provide treat and discharge patients on weekends. The initiative is a three-month pilot, ... More >>
DHB Expands Virtual Skin Cancer Clinic
Tuesday, 21 December 2010, 12:29 pm | Waikato District Health Board
People concerned with growths or changes on their skin can expect quicker diagnosis through teledermatology as Waikato DHB expands its virtual skin cancer clinic with MoleMap. More >>
Gay Shirley reappointed to Waikato Board
Friday, 17 December 2010, 11:54 am | Waikato District Health Board
Health Minister Tony Ryall has reappointed Hamilton accountant Gay Shirley as a board member of the Waikato District Health Board. She replaces Gordon Chesterman who was elected to the board in October but resigned shortly after he became Hamilton city ... More >>
Waikato Shallow Lakes Cyanobacterial Warning Update
Wednesday, 15 December 2010, 9:40 am | Waikato District Health Board
Monitoring results from late November 2010 have shown that cyanobacterial cells are multiplying in four of the five lakes which are routinely tested. More >>
Waikato Children Benefit From Annual Appeal
Friday, 10 December 2010, 2:44 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato District Health Board accepted $103,000 yesterday from Progressive Enterprises and their annual Fresh Future fundraising appeal. The funds will be spent on hospital equipment for Waikids – children who come under the care of Waikato DHB. More >>
Waikato: Outstanding Achievement And Room for Improvement
Friday, 26 November 2010, 9:56 am | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato District Health Board will be presented with the one and only outstanding achievement award from health minister Tony Ryall today (Friday 26 November) for progress towards the immunisation health target. More >>
New Mobile Dental Clinic on the Road
Wednesday, 24 November 2010, 3:00 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato District Health Board’s newest mobile dental clinic hit the road this week – first stop Te Rapa School. The van is the first of nine to be produced as part of the DHB’s major investment into oral health. Six new fixed clinics will also ... More >>
Waikato Hospital’s new Emergency Department to Open Soon
Tuesday, 23 November 2010, 2:36 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato Hospital’s new Emergency Department will open on 8 February 2011. Tainui Kaumatua and the hospital chaplaincy blessed the facilities at an early-morning ceremony in front of almost 100 people today. The ceremony involved a walk through the new ... More >>
Students’ Painting Pride on Display at Waikato Hospital
Friday, 19 November 2010, 4:09 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Some of the Waikato’s best student artwork is now on display at Waikato Hospital and it’s already stopping traffic. The paintings were done by Waikato secondary school students as part of the Transfusion Painting Competition and featured in a ... More >>
Top job for top Waikato surgeon
Friday, 19 November 2010, 12:28 pm | Waikato District Health Board
From Belfast, Northern Ireland to Waikato Hospital, New Zealand, cardiologist Gerry Devlin has come half way around the world and all the way to the top of his field. More >>
Warning From DHB of Potential Phone Scam
Thursday, 18 November 2010, 4:32 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato District Health Board is aware of a potential phone scam relating to Thames Hospital. More >>
Hospital Laboratory Upgrade Underway
Thursday, 18 November 2010, 2:39 pm | Waikato District Health Board
A major upgrade of Waikato District Health Board’s main laboratory started this week, with a focus on improving patient care. The $4.5 million refurbishment will create major facility and process improvements and support the laboratory, located ... More >>
Truckloads of Concrete Draws Hospital Crowds
Thursday, 18 November 2010, 11:57 am | Waikato District Health Board
The region’s biggest hospital building project hit a milestone today with a giant concrete pour. Work on Waikato Hospital’s five-level Meade Clinical Centre began in late 2009. It will open in three stages from early 2012. Today, contractors poured ... More >>
Statement from Kay Wolfe's family
Monday, 15 November 2010, 1:37 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Roger Wolfe, the husband of Kay Wolfe, the 44 year old Morrinsville cyclist in critical condition in Waikato Hospital's intensive care unit authorised the following release to the media. He is concerned there has been a lot of misinformation and speculation ... More >>
Words of Advice on Aging
Thursday, 4 November 2010, 2:37 pm | Waikato District Health Board
Dr Phil Wood has some words of advice for those baby boomers wanting to avoid the dreaded tsunami of old age, falls and Alzheimer’s disease. More >>
Waikato DHB frustrated by industrial action
Thursday, 4 November 2010, 9:46 am | Waikato District Health Board
Waikato District Health Board has had enough of ongoing industrial action by medical radiation technologists and is letting its staff, patients and the community know. Chief executive Craig Climo today said DHBs have had hundreds of strike notices over ... More >>
Waikato Shallow Lakes Cyanobacterial
Wednesday, 3 November 2010, 9:07 am | Waikato District Health Board
Monitoring results from late October 2010 have shown that cyanobacterial cells are multiplying, as is expected as the days lengthen and the temperatures rise. The human health threat from cyanobacteria in three of the tested lakes remains acceptably ... More >>
