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Fun ways to stay active on the rehab wards

Media Release 24 December 2019 |Eighty nine year old Mrs Sproul is currently second equal on the scoreboard in Middlemore’s Ward 5 corridor golf championship. The spritely octogenarian is one of several Counties Manukau Health elderly patients being put through their paces in the name of rehabilitation.

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24 days ago
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Christmas to be dished up at CM Health

Media Release 24 December 2019 |Being in hospital on Christmas Day is probably not anyone’s idea of fun. However, for those patients who can’t be home for December 25, a bit of festivity will still be served up on their dinner tray.

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27 days ago
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Postponement of surgeries inevitable as Middlemore responds to ongoing care of White Island patients

Media Release 20 December 2019\Ongoing pressure on Middlemore Hospital’s surgery and critical care departments, as a result of the essential role it is playing in the coordination and care of burns patients affected by the Whakaari/White Island volcanic eruption, means elective surgeries are being postponed.

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31 days ago
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Donations of money will help support long term recovery of burn patients

Media Release 19 December 2019|In the wake of the Whakaari/White Island tragedy, Middlemore Hospital, host of the National Burns Service has been overrun with generous offers of help. Members of the public, deeply moved by the tragedy, have offered food, accommodation and transport.

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32 days ago
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CM Health encourages patience during White Island response

Media Release 13 December 2019|Counties Manukau Health is urging the community to be patient as Middlemore Hospital continues to respond to the Whaakari/White Island volcanic eruption tragedy.

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38 days ago
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CM Health providing national leadership in care of White Island patients

This afternoon CM Health hosted a media conference to provide an update on the current situation regarding patients injured in the White Island volcanic eruption.

The National Burns Unit at Middlemore Hospital is providing national leadership to the National Burns Service, and coordinating the provision of care and supplies to the other hospitals Waikato, Hutt Valley, and Christchurch.

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39 days ago
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New Board members for Counties Manukau Health

Media Release 7 December 2019|Counties Manukau Health welcomes the reappointment of Vui Mark Gosche as Chair of CMDHB. The announcement was made by the Health Minister, Dr David Clark, today.

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Nurse vaccinators respond to measles outbreak in Samoa

Media Release 19 November 2019|Counties Manukau Health is taking a lead as part of a medical emergency response to the measles outbreak in Samoa.

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2 months ago
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Long term solutions for obesity key to CM Health Planning

Media Release - 4 November 2019 |Counties Manukau is one of the most socioeconomically deprived regions within the country, with persistent gaps in life expectancy between Maaori and Pacific people and others living in the area.

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DHBs ask Employment Relations Authority for Facilitation to help end MIT strikes

All DHB Media Release 29 October 2019 | DHBs ask Employment Relations Authority for Facilitation to help end MIT strikesDistrict Health Boards are asking the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) to help break the impasse in bargaining with APEX Medical Imaging Technologists (MITs) which has seen multiple strikes disrupting patient services.

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3 months ago
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