Shaken baby prevention
A programme will be held in Gisborne and Te Puia Springs next week to teach people who are working with parents of infants. The Shaken Baby…
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Minister of Health Media Statement
View a media statement issued by Hon Dr Jonathan Coleman, Minister of Health.
Read more ...No smokes sold to young people
It appears that tobacco retailers in Gisborne are complying with the law regarding sales of tobacco to young people.
This is the conclusion from a recent controlled…
Its always too early until it’s too late
Understanding what is really important to a person at the end of their life is the key to Advance Care Planning (ACP). That was the message…
Read more ...Physicians from afar
Physicians Intesar Malik and Joanna Wojciechowska say coming to Gisborne was their destiny. They talk about why they travelled across the world to build a nest…
Read more ...Programme helping rid Gisborne of a third world illness
The number of children with rheumatic fever, New Zealand’s third world illness affecting mainly Māori and Pacific children, fell in 2015, suggesting the local Rheumatic Fever…
Read more ...25% increase in Tairawhiti patients receiving specialist assessments
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says latest figures show a record number of Tairawhiti patients received a medical or surgical First Specialist Assessment (FSA) last year.
“Increasing access…
Seven in hospital after a crash
10am Saturday 26 March
The 21 year old female has been transferred to Waikato Hospital. She was still in a serious but stable condition when she left…
Very efficient eye theatre team
On Tuesday March 22, in the Hauora Tairāwhiti operating theatre, the eye team managed to get through seven cataract operations.
This is a remarkable effort and…
High rates of diarrhoea and vomiting
Higher than usual rates of diarrhoea and vomiting are being reported at the moment according to Hauora Tairāwhiti Medical Officer of Health Dr Margot McLean. In…
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