Avoiding bites: Health staff get top tips
Practical ways to avoid being bitten by dogs are being taught to Hawke’s Bay District Health Board staff.
“It is unavoidable that many of the DHB staff,…
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Practical ways to avoid being bitten by dogs are being taught to Hawke’s Bay District Health Board staff.
“It is unavoidable that many of the DHB staff,…
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board is asking all passengers on an Air New Zealand flight from Auckland to Napier on Monday 7 October at 4:30pm, as…
Don’t be laid back about bowel screening: Clinical Lead of Gastroenterology Malcolm Arnold and his friendly team, including specialist clinical nurse bowel services (left) and endoscopy…
A new measles case has been confirmed today (4 October) in Hawke’s Bay – a toddler from Hastings. This takes the total number of measles cases…
For the first time in New Zealand, a transplant hui, to better inform Māori healthcare providers and influencers about organ donation, is to be held in…
Two new measles cases have been confirmed in Hawke’s Bay today (2 October) – a Hastings male in his 30s and a toddler in Wairoa. This…
Patients needing x-rays, CT scans, MRI scans and angiograms can expect delays across Hawke’s Bay DHB locations, next week, due to Medical Imaging Technicians (MITs) going…
A gem of a community nestled in fantastic scenery awaits nurses who work in Wairoa.
“It probably sounds too good to be true; but it really is…
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board (HBDHB), together with all DHBs, has received strike notice from DHB psychologists, who are members of APEX – the union for…
A workplace injury prevention grant of $1.5 million has been awarded to the Hawke’s Bay District Health Board, (HBDHB).
It will fund an on-line programme assisting 200…
With spring carnival events getting underway across the region, health officials are reminding people to choose their health care wisely.
Hawke’s Bay DHB Chief Medical and Dental…
Hawke’s Bay health officials are supporting a national health advisory urging parents of babies who are travelling to Auckland to have their first measles vaccine earlier…
Brand new high-resolution laparoscopic surgery towers are now up and running in six of the operating theatres at Hawke’s Bay Fallen Soldiers Memorial Hospital.
The new units,…
Nothing gets Sonya Healey down – even a diagnosis of stage 3 cervical cancer. You can just tell by the amount of laughter that burbles down…
Medical Imaging Technologists employed by Hawke’s Bay District Health Board will strike for 24 hours from 7am Monday 26 August until 7am Tuesday 27 August.
This is…
One new case of measles has been confirmed on Thursday 8 August. There have now been three measles cases confirmed in Hawke's Bay. The latest case…
An infant has been confirmed with measles in Hawke’s Bay and is in Hawke’s Bay Hospital.
The infant contracted the highly contagious airborne disease while visiting Auckland.
Hawke’s…
Formulating Kiwi-specific tools will help transplant co-ordinator Merryn Jones assist kidney transplant patients.
Live donor kidney transplants are lifesaving but research shows a great number of New…
Whānau voices underpin a plan for delivering health services in Wairoa; a plan being put together by the community and health providers across the health sector.
Hawke’s…
Jack was lapping up loads of attention on Thursday as he did the rounds of the children’s ward at Hawke’s Bay Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital.
The ‘in-training’…