Living well

A decommissioned school dental bus is getting a second lease of life taking dental care to communities around Southland.

A Registered Nurse and manager of the Dunstan Hospital District Nursing team, Olivia is currently on maternity leave with her third child, daughter Rua born on October 15, 2024.  

Flown to Southland Hospital from the Lakes District she underwent surgery for a significant orthopaedic injury and was later repatriated back to the United Kingdom. 

Micra, is a leadless pacemaker, which is implanted directly into the heart and is 90 per cent smaller than a standard pacemaker.  

Nigel Copson loves to find a problem – and fix it.

Wānaka’s first Primary Maternity Unit, Rākai Kahukura is quickly establishing a wonderful sense of community identity and ownership, and the babies have not been shy in coming forwards. 

Southland Hospital’s Inpatient Mental Health Unit (IMHU) has been receiving regular visits from a four-legged visitor! 

Blake was getting ready for school one morning but complained of a sore spot on his stomach, described as looking like an itchy bite. He quickly deteriorated and became unresponsive which led to a stay in the Dunedin Hospital Children’s Ward.

Heath was having the time of his life as an upcoming musician in Dunedin, but his life took a turn when he fell into the dark world of drug addiction.

Levi was born with Moebius syndrome – a rare neurological condition that affects the muscles that control facial expression and eye movement.

Catherine and her husband were in a head-on collision with a driver who fell asleep at the wheel. She spent four months in hospital and had to make some difficult decisions during her stay.

Kelly Linwood, Unit Manager of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, says this garden project was aimed at involving Rangitahi (young people) to educate them about healthy and sustainable living.