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Slow-release ketamine tablets ‘very promising’

Slow-release ketamine tablets ‘very promising’

Most people who have treatment-resistant depression are destined to be stuck at home, unable to work, continually dealing with relationship problems — a place far from a normal life.

Health system ‘failing me big-time’

Health system ‘failing me big-time’, frustrated woman says

A would-be dermatology patient says the severity of her rash caused an emergency department nurse to ask if she had radiation burn from chemotherapy.

Warning about synthetic hallucinogen

A warning has been issued for Dunedin that a powerful synthetic hallucinogen called 2C-B is being...

Warning about synthetic hallucinogen

Drug testing services are warning a powerful hallucinogenic drug is being sold as MDMA in Dunedin.

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Global health focus of event

Global Health Centre Prof Ilona Kickbusch, of Geneva, was one of the speakers at the 58th...

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Global health focus of event

The politicisation of global health is an inevitable consequence as global conflicts, political marketing and a yearning for an end to the global north’s hegemony becomes the new norm, a visiting...

New mental health service to aid Pacific communities

Members of the community and Pacific Trust Otago gather for the launch of the new Ke Tatala...

New mental health service to aid Pacific communities

A new mental health service hopes to "lift the dark clouds" hanging over Dunedin’s Pacific communities.

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Global health on agenda

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Global health on agenda

Developing a strong health workforce and maintaining sound international links will be key to facing the future’s big challenges, former health minister Ayesha Verrall says.

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Columns up ahead of Reti's visit

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Columns up ahead of Reti's visit

Contractors manoeuvre a prefabricated column into place on the facade of the new Dunedin hospital outpatients building at the corner of Castle and St Andrew Sts yesterday.

Focus on steering global health

Focus on steering global health

The challenge of managing global health in a world still grappling with the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, will be put under the microscope at the 58th Otago Foreign Policy School this weekend.

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'Disgraceful': View govt won’t keep hospital promise

The latest architectural image of the new Dunedin hospital, showing the outpatient (left) and...

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'Disgraceful': View govt won’t keep hospital promise

It could be 10 years before Dunedin knows if the city’s hospital will be built as planned, Health Minister Shane Reti has revealed.

GP stunned by loss of service

Dunedin GP Dr Stephen Graham says primary care workers should not be told to cover for a lack of...

GP stunned by loss of service

The South is now suffering from the very postcode lottery the new health system was designed to avoid, a Dunedin GP says.

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Resource consent variation approved

The Dunedin Health Hub, which will contain Pacific Radiology, is rising quickly to alter the...

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Resource consent variation approved

Construction of the Dunedin Health Hub is well under way.

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Record crowd at Pink Ribbon morning tea

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Record crowd at Pink Ribbon morning tea

Cancer survivor Penelope Anderson, of Waikouaiti, and Danika Billington, 16, of Palmerston, attend the Pink Ribbon morning tea in the Palmerston Sports Hall, yesterday.

Paramedics training for ‘high-risk’ situations

Looking after a person who is half-awake and struggling to breathe is scary scenario for most.

'Distressing news' for patients with skin conditions

'Distressing news' for patients with skin conditions

People with serious skin conditions are no longer able to be seen by a specialist, even if GPs deem it necessary, the Southern health system has confirmed.

Diabetes self-management programme set to launch

Helping to launch primary health network WellSouth’s new diabetes programme are long-term...

Diabetes self-management programme set to launch

A new programme is launching to help more people across Otago and Southland self-manage their type 2 diabetes.

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Lack of dermatologists 'clinically unsafe'

Retired dermatologist David Young says the Southern health system needs to boost spending on...

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Lack of dermatologists in South seen as clinically unsafe

A former dermatologist is "appalled" by the collapse of the public service after the last two general skin specialists quit the South.

Access to drugs ‘should be a right’

Cancer patient Jennie Wedge is calling on the government to improve funding for cancer medicines....

Access to drugs ‘should be a right’

A South Otago woman facing an $11,044 monthly bill for cancer medication says access to life-saving drugs "should be a right, not a privilege".

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GPs being forced to fill gap

Aurora Health Centre GP Dr Susan Johns says current workloads are unsustainable for GPs being...

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GPs being forced to fill gap

More and more patients are being foisted on to GPs rather than getting the specialist help they need, a Dunedin doctor says.

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Child specialist shortage at hospital ameliorated

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Child specialist shortage at hospital ameliorated

The shortage of children’s medical staff that sparked a review at Dunedin Hospital last year has been partly addressed, but recruitment will continue.

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Bishop confronted by protesters in city

Taking a look at one of the apartments at the former Loan and Mercantile building social housing...

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Bishop coy on hospital plans

National MP Chris Bishop had to make a hasty departure from protesters while in Dunedin to talk hospitals and housing yesterday.

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