Reports released by Southern DHB have found almost 1 in 25 patient attendances to Southern DHB Emergency Departments are alcohol related. Data from 24 months of electronic patient records of presentations at the hospital’s emergency departments in Dunedin, Southland and Lakes District Hospitals were
Two health professionals who work with stroke patients in Southland are encouraging people to be proactive when they recognise stroke symptoms, rather than in hindsight regret what they might have done differently. This applies not only to the person experiencing the symptoms but also to family and
New Zealand-based Ubiquitome is ramping up production of its mobile, real-time (RT) PCR technology with funding from the United States’ National Institutes of Health (NIH) Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) initiative. Ubiquitome is the only NZ private company to be accepted into the highly co
Southland Hospital’s Clinical Director of Medicine, Dr Prosen Ghosh is urging Southlanders to recognise the signs of a stroke and to overcome their natural stoicism so they get to hospital faster for better health outcomes. “Southlanders are inherently stoic but a stroke is a medical emergency requi
Southlanders are invited to attend another free public lecture on one of the most common health issues facing people in our community – how to keep a healthy heart. It will also discuss an important study involving patients in Otago and Southland. The lecture is the eighth lecture in a series inaugu
Southland Hospital’s aging MRI scanner is to be removed and replaced by a new $1.6million scanner, believed to be the first of its kind in New Zealand. Southern DHB Chief Executive Chris Fleming said 16 years ago the Southland community had fundraised to buy the current scanner for the former Southl
Some New Zealand cancer patients are going without potentially life-saving treatment because of rising Covid-19 cases in Melbourne. The patients have neuro-endocrine cancers, known as NETs, treatment for which is not available in this country. The patients are deeply worried and urgently awaiting wo
Two years after its inception, the Southern DHB’s National Bowel Screening Programme has already detected 177 cases of bowel cancer across the district. A further 1267 people have had polyps removed, many of which could have developed into cancer over time. “These numbers reflect significant, real-l
