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A Pandemic Pictorial

Winter’s always a busy period at any hospital, and June 2009 was especially busy with the arrival of the “Swine Flu” pandemic. The arrival of “Novel A H1N1” (to give the swine flu its proper name) required all hospital staff to rapidly adapt to the changing environment.

Otago University School of Medicine photographer Louise Goossens spent some time looking at the various roles of C&C DHB staff during the pandemic...

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• Settlement the size of Mt Cook wiped out annually by smoking deaths (06/04/09)
• ABC smoking cessation approach (02/04/09)
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• Third Linac at Wellington Hospital boosts cancer treatment capacity for Central Region (16/01/09)
• New genetic technology a first in NZ (27/12/08)
• Fixing broken hearts with an umbrella (24/12/08)
• Phoenix spreading Christmas cheer (18/12/08)
• Unprecedented run of Renal Transplants underscores vital importance of organ donors (12/12/08)
• Photo Essay: Pounamu will be centre-piece in new Wellington Regional Hospital (11/12/08)

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Behind the Scenes

• Keeping it clean with Sterile Services (18/12/08)

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C&C DHB Welcomes Tikanga Guidelines

Tumai mo te Iwi PHO (Primary Health Organisation) and Capital PHO have recently released Tikanga best practice guidelines to all their Medical centres in the Wellington and Porirua area. The aim of these booklets is to provide guidelines for health care providers and services that are responsive to Maori rights, needs and interests.

Ken Whelan CEO for C&CDHB congratulates Capital and Tumai mo te Iwi PHO’s on producing this valuable tool. “I was fortunate enough to be at the launch of this booklet and felt this would be useful in the wider health setting and indeed our hospitals. I welcome the opportunity to make this information available to staff who serve our population”.

C&C DHB’s Maori Health Development Group has recently finalised Tikanga Guidelines that have a Hospital Health Service focus. Issue and implementation is planned for June

Download Capital PHO Tikanga Guidelines [PDF, 900kb] >
Download Tumai mo te Iwi PHO Tikanga Guidelines [PDF, 6mb] >

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About C&C DHB

C&C DHB funds and provides health services in the lower part of the North Island.

It operates Wellington Hospital, Kenepuru Hospital and the Kapiti Health Centre, in addition to contracting hundreds of services from community-based health professionals.

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