Northlanders will no longer automatically have to go to Auckland for lifesaving heart procedures like angiograms, angioplasty and the insertion of pacemakers, thanks to new operating theatres and a cardiac catheter laboratory opened at Whangārei Hospital by Health Minister Andrew Little today
There are no new cases of COVID-19 to report in the community in New Zealand today. There is one new case and three cases being investigated as historical infections to report in recent returnees in managed isolation facilities, since the Ministry’s last update yesterday
Canterbury’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout is progressing, with residents in community-based care, including Aged Residential Care (ARC), beginning to receive vaccinations this week
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Media release from Canterbury District Health Board
Midwife Pam Colbert has put her skills out for all to see on You Tube. No, not the skill as a midwife but her other skill as a songwriter and musician with her band Tyneegiant
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Media release from the New Zealand College of Midwives
IN A YEAR that’s been far from ordinary, the New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri Ora 2021 are celebrating extraordinary achievements across the primary healthcare sector
Specialist GP Nikki Vadgama provides some tips to make your next paediatric eczema consult easier. She includes a review of new guidelines, resources, websites and medications for paediatric eczema management