Southland nurses in Dunedin to ease pressure - Otago Daily Times

Southland nurses in Dunedin to ease pressure
Otago Daily Times
By Eileen Goodwin on Thu, 24 May 2012 Two Southland Hospital nurses have been transferred to Dunedin Hospital this week on a temporary basis to help alleviate a nursing shortage. Under pressure from a higher-than-expected patient load, Dunedin Hospital ...

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Toddler shoves battery up nose - Stuff.co.nz


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Toddler shoves battery up nose
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She was asked if she could drive Harrison to Dunedin Hospital and was told she would be reimbursed for petrol. At Dunedin Hospital, she was seen immediately by the specialist, who advised surgery because Harrison was so agitated.

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Patients at risk in ward: nurse - Otago Daily Times


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Patients at risk in ward: nurse
Otago Daily Times
By Eileen Goodwin on Thu, 17 May 2012 Dunedin Public Hospital nurse Helen Adair has raised concern over the hospital's working environment. Photo by Gerard O'Brien. A Dunedin Hospital nurse says her ward is understaffed, nurses are demoralised and ...

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Images from a mother's past - Otago Daily Times


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Images from a mother's past
Otago Daily Times
She is also exploring options for an exhibition in Dunedin at the end of her residency, which finishes at the end of July. Institutional buildings have fascinated her since she trained at Porirua mental hospital and used part of the old Greytown ...

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Panic after ghost sighting by Otago students - New Zealand Herald

Panic after ghost sighting by Otago students
New Zealand Herald
Owner/operator of Dunedin ghost tour company HairRaiser Andrew Smith said there were a couple of stories involving the "Grey Lady" and there had previously been sightings at the recently moved psychiatric unit in Dunedin Hospital and at the site of ...

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Improving health systems - Otago Daily Times

Improving health systems
Otago Daily Times
Southern Community Laboratories has admitted culpability in what it described as "a highly unusual error" and issued an apology. The Dunedin-based laboratory is to be commended for this, although apologies about such serious matters in the medical ...

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Neurosurgery candidate - Otago Daily Times

Neurosurgery candidate
Otago Daily Times
The professor would lead neurosurgery research at the university, and work as a third neurosurgeon at Dunedin Hospital. A $3 million public fundraising drive is under way to endow the chair which so far has raised more than $2.26 million.

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