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17/03/10 |
CDHB Statement re South Island Eating Disorders Service
South Island Eating
Disorders Service patients and their families can be confident
that the Service will continue to provide a high standard of
clinical care despite the recent resignation of the Service’s
Clinical Head.
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15/03/10 |
Changes to Canterbury AOD
Services Designed to Improve
Access
Canterbury District Health
Board says its new Alcohol
and Drug framework will not
exclude people involved in
the justice system from
specialist addiction
treatment as was suggested
in today’s The Press
(15.3.10).
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15/03/10 |
Volunteers
aged 35-60 years wanted for new exercise research study
Researchers are hoping to
recruit overweight people
aged 35-60 who are not
currently exercising for a
new study that will look at
the best walking-based
‘exercise prescription’ to
motivate them to participate
in physical activity.
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12/03/10 |
CDHB Perspective on
Closure of 198 Youth Health Centre
Canterbury District
Health Board would like to make it clear that it had been
working for some time with the 198 Youth Health Trust to assist
it to continue providing services to young people in
Christchurch.
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12/03/10 |
New
Report Gives Snapshot of
Maori Health in Canterbury
A new report provides the
first comprehensive picture
into the health of Maori in
Canterbury and will
be used by the Canterbury
District Health Board in its
future
health services
planning.
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10/03/10 |
Medical Officer of Health thanks Gardening Industry for their Help in
Raising Awareness of Legionnaires' Disease
Canterbury Medical Officer of Health Dr Alistair Humphrey is
praising the gardening industry for its help in raising awareness of
the health risks associated with not taking appropriate precautions
when handling potting mix.
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10/03/10 |
Cryptosporidium Outbreak in Canterbury
Parents are being reminded to prevent their
children from swimming in public swimming pools within two weeks of
having diarrhoea following an outbreak of cryptosporidium, a
parasite which causes severe stomach cramps and diarrhoea.
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10/03/10 |
People at Risk of Swine Flu Complications urged to have Free Vaccination
this Month
Pregnant women, very overweight people, children aged under five (on
the advice of their doctor) and people with long term medical
conditions are urged to have a free seasonal influenza vaccination,
which includes protection against pandemic influenza (swine flu),
this month. This is because these groups of people are at
higher risk of becoming seriously ill with pandemic influenza.
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08/03/10 |
Child Health Services
South Island Children's Health Service
representatives have come together to ensure services are available
to children in the future, wherever they live in South Island.
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03/03/10 |
ChCh Women’s Breastfeeding Support For
Mothers and Babies Recognised
Christchurch Women’s Hospital has passed a “rigorous
assessment” and been re-accredited as a Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI)
hospital for the third time – a first for a New Zealand tertiary hospital.
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23/02/10 |
Health
Warning re Cynobacteria at Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere
Increased concentrations of cynobacteria (blue-green
algae) and potential associated toxins are making Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere
unsafe for drinking or recreational use.
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19/02/10 |
New
Technology Reduces Treatment Times
A new machine at
Christchurch Hospital’s Oncology Service will reduce treatment times for
gynaecological cancers to 10 minutes and patients can again be treated in
the South Island.
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17/02/10 |
Road Closure at Hospital Site
A section of internal road in front of
Christchurch Women’s Hospital will be closed from Monday 22 February until
June 2010 to allow for construction of the extension to the second and third
floors of the Hospital. This will be similar to the road closure during the
construction of the Christchurch Women’s building.
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05/02/10 |
Canterbury
Well Equipped With Cancer Services
Canterbury District
Health Board would like to thoroughly reassure the public that there is not
a crisis looming in cancer treatment in Canterbury (The Press Friday 5
February).
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03/02/10 |
Australian Health Expert
Speaks to Healthy Christchurch Champions
Promoting a safer drinking
culture in Christchurch will be the focus of this morning’s (Wednesday 3
February) meeting between the Healthy Christchurch Champions* and visiting
Australian Professor Rob Moodie.
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02/02/10 |
Teddies galore for child
surgery patients
More
than 500 teddy bears will arrive at Christchurch Hospital this week to be
given to young children who will are about to receive surgery.
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25/1/10 |
Shellfish Collecting Ban
Lifted in Pegasus Bay
Canterbury
District Health Board’s Community and Public Health division has today
lifted the ban on collecting and eating shellfish from Pegasus Bay, the area
of coast between Pigeon Bay and Leithfield Beach.
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22/1/10 |
Burwood Birthing Unit Reopens
Burwood Hospital’s Birthing
Unit will reopen on Monday (January 25) after it was closed for two weeks so
that the bathrooms could be upgraded.
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19/1/10 |
Canterbury breastfeeding
mums encouraged to enter photo competition
Canterbury mums are being
encouraged to make breastfeeding part of the scenery this summer. In a new
competition, mums can submit a photo or photos of themselves breastfeeding
outside the home.
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