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Dale Salamonson knew something wasn’t right when he noticed a strange spot on his right shoulder.
It looked different from the other moles on his body with…
Measles is a serious and highly infectious disease. It is important people aged between 15 and 30 years old, unsure if they are protected against measles,…
Freemasons representing the English, Scottish and New Zealand Constitution gathered at Hawke’s Bay Hospital today to receive a donation from the Hastings District Masonic Trust to the Teddies for…
Hawke’s Bay DHB has resumed its bowel screening programme after pausing it during the COVID pandemic response.
The bowel screening programme has been available in Hawke’s Bay…
Not everyone can say they trained to become a registered nurse while still studying at high school, but that’s exactly what Hawke’s Bay DHB’s maternal and…
A two-way partnership between Stortford Lodge Rotary club, and Hawke’s Bay District Health Board has brought virtual visitor technology to Napier’s Roseanne Retirement Home.
Stortford Lodge Rotarian…
Hawke’s Bay DHB has relaxed its visitor policy under Alert Level 1 with fewer restrictions in place at its facilities.
Chief Medical and Dental Officer Dr Robin…
Hawke’s Bay gardeners are being urged to take care with potting mix and compost following two people requiring hospital care in recent weeks diagnosed with Legionnaires’…
For the first time ever, more Hawke’s Bay Māori aged 65 and over have received a flu immunisation ahead of all other ethnicities in the region.
Hawke’s…
Hawke’s Bay DHB has appointed two young people interested in health sector governance to a seat at the Board table.
Board Chair Shayne Walker said expressions of…
There won’t be too many Kiwi nurses (if any) who can say they have treated a patient bitten by a hippo – or had to treat…
A pop-up clinic scheduled at King’s Church in Meeanee tomorrow (Saturday 29 August 2020) is in place to encourage Māori and Pasifika whānau to get a…
New top-of-the-line digital x-ray equipment is in and operating at Wairoa Hospital after a six-week refit of the existing x-ray room.
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board radiology…
Not much gets past two woman passionate about ensuring wāhine get their smear tests done.
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board kaiāwhina Margaret Alexander and Choices nurse Louise…
More Pasifika people are taking a COVID-19 test in Hawke’s Bay than any other population group.
Data collected by Hawke’s Bay District Health Board reveals that Pasifika…
Hawke’s Bay Hospital’s Laboratory is coping well processing the region’s COVID swabs, Head of Microbiology Neil Campbell, said today.
In the past week the hospital lab processed…
Nadine King’s nursing skills have taken her across Australasia, from her training in Lower Hutt, to the rural and remote parts of Western Australia, and then…
In the past week 2,212 people have been swabbed, along with 258 Port of Napier workers surveillance tested, taking the total to 2,470 people swabbed in…
Over 530 people were tested in Hawke’s Bay over the weekend including surveillance testing of port workers. No-one has returned a positive test so far.
Medical Officer…
Over 500 people were tested for COVID-19 in Hawke’s Bay yesterday (Thursday 13 August) with no-one returning a positive test so far.
Hawke’s Bay DHB Medical Officer…