Dunedin Hospital
Southern DHB cannot afford Dunedin hospital rebuild
A report on building a new Dunedin hospital has revealed the Southern District Health Board cannot afford to pay for it. Audio
Overdue Dunedin prostate cancer patients to get urgent surgery
All of the Dunedin Hospital prostate cancer patients who've waited too long for their urgent surgery will now get their operation by the end of the month. Video, Audio
No way to sue DHBs over patient care
Southern District Health Board's CEO urged patients to go to the Health and Disability Commissioner if they've suffered a 'serious clinical event', but the commissioner can't punish or fine DHBs. John… Audio
'I had a death sentence hanging over my head'
Southern DHB prostate cancer patient Gary Brodie says his doctor told him he would likely have died in the next five years if he didn't pay for private surgery. Video, Audio
Southern DHB needs to act fast - union
The senior doctors' union is calling on the Southern District Health Board to act quickly on the problem of long waiting times for patient care.
Minister refuses to apologise for 'toxic' DHB comment
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman has refused to apologise for calling the Southern District Health Board's urology department "toxic", despite complaints from doctors.
Dunedin surgeons operating two days a month - surgeon
General surgeons are allowed only two operating days a month at Dunedin Hospital and it's not enough, says a clinical leader. Audio
Dunedin hospital woes boost campaign to keep hospital in CBD
The debate around problems at Dunedin hospital has given a big boost to a council campaign to keep the hospital in the central city. Video, Audio
Dunedin Hospital patient waited 26 hours to be admitted
An elderly man spent 26 hours waiting in Dunedin hospital's emergency department to be admitted, his daughter says, before a bed became available in a ward last week. Video, Audio
Dunedin Hospital surgeons operate only twice a month, surgeon says
Dunedin clinical leader of general surgery says despite what Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says, general surgeons at Dunedin Hospital only operate two days a month. Video, Audio
Surgeons demand apology for Minister's 'toxic' comment
Dunedin Hospital surgeons are demanding that the Health Minister apologise for saying the urology department is "toxic". Video
Southern DHB patients face lengthy wait times for treatment
Patients & doctors agree that staff are doing their best, but the situation at Dunedin Hospital is untenable without more money. Video, Audio
Dunedin patients waiting months for biopsies
Dunedin GP Daniel Pettigrew says one of his patients has been waiting nine months for a biopsy. Video, Audio
Dunedin man waits months for biopsy
Dunedin man Ewen Kerstens visited Dunedin Hospital in December 2016 but is yet to have a biopsy, eight months later. Video, Audio
'People will die waiting for the attention they need'
There is a "crisis of patient care" at Dunedin Hospital, says a medical body head, but the DHB says there is no quick fix for the problem of cancer patients left waiting for urgent surgery. Video, Audio
Dunedin ED doctor says hospital system’s 'backing up’
The Acting head of the Emergency Department Dr John Chambers says a lack of ICU beds at the hospital means surgeons are being paid to do nothing. Video, Audio
'Crisis of patient care' at Southern DHB urology dept
A "crisis of patient care" has been described at the Urological Department at Dunedin Hospital, where staff say there are not enough urologists to cope with the wait list. Video, Audio
Southern DHB medical officer to meet with dead man's family
Southern DHB's Chief Medical Officer Nigel Millar talks to John Campbell about a shortage of ICU beds, which one family says contributed to their father's death. Video, Audio
Dunedin Hospital needs 18 beds - Labour
Labour's health spokesperson David Clark says Dunedin hospital's intensive care unit needs at least 18 beds. It currently has only six. Audio
Dunedin man blocked from eye appointment for three years
John Elsey, 83 from Mosgiel, is losing his sight because of cataracts, but he keeps getting letters saying his case has been assessed as routine, and there's not enough medical staff to see him. Audio
