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To be attributed to Dr Emma Sherwood, Southern Medical Officer of Health

As at 10am, Saturday 23 September, there were 29 confirmed cases of cryptosporidium (crypto). This is an increase of six in the past 24 hours.  

To be attributed to Dr Susan Jack, Southern Medical Officer of Health.

As of 10am, Friday 22 September, there are 23 confirmed cases of cryptosporidium (crypto). This is an increase of 2 in the last 24 hours.  

As of 10 am, Thursday 21 September, there are 21 confirmed cases of cryptosporidium (crypto). This is an increase of 4 in the last 24 hours.  

A source of infection has yet to be identified, but investigations are ongoing.     

As of 12.30 pm, Wednesday 20 September, there are 17 confirmed cases of cryptosporidium (crypto) in the Queenstown area. This is an increase of 2 in the last 24 hours.

A source of infection has yet to be identified.

Te Whatu Ora - National Public Health Service has been notified of fifteen cases of cryptosporidiosis in the urban Queenstown area and is advising people to monitor for symptoms of the infection.

The first Youth Mental Health First Aid Aotearoa courses are under way this month in the Southern Lakes, before being rolled out across New Zealand.

The New Dunedin Hospital building site will be Flying the Flag for Suicide Prevention this week in the lead up to World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10.   

Southland Hospital is marking a significant milestone this September as its boilers have stopped burning coal.

The hospital’s two 4.5megawatt boilers have been converted to biomass and are now running on wood pellets.  

The Waikiwi Lions Club in September is running four community collection points to help Southland Hospital get more of its loan equipment returned so it can help future patients. 

The cold weather is here and in Southland there are 18 participating pharmacies ready to help people during winter.  

Twelve Southern Lakes locals have become the first accredited Youth Mental Health First Aid Aotearoa instructors in New Zealand, along with two others from outside the region.

Whakatipu communities are set to benefit from a range of free creative arts programmes designed to support mental wellbeing and resilience.

Te Whatu Ora Southern warmly welcomed over 40 Pasifika secondary students and their school faculties at Dunedin Hospital in June, marking the debut of Pasifika Mapu o le Kaha'u: Pasifika Young People of the Future.

A record $87,000 will be injected into initiatives that improve mental wellbeing, social connection and resilience in communities across the Southern Lakes region over the next few months.

Weekend radiology services will resume this winter at Queenstown Medical Centre for the first time since Covid-19.   

A decision has been made between Te Whatu Ora, the University of Otago and Te Pūkenga that the Interprofessional Learning Centre will not go ahead at this time.

Southland Hospital is doing its bit to reduce landfill as metal and plastic parts from some used clinical equipment is now being recycled. 

Te Whatu Ora Southern, together with our partners from education and general practices across the district, celebrated International Nurses' Day last week with the Southern Nursing Excellence Awards held in Invercargill on 11 May and Dunedin on 12 May.

Te Whatu Ora in Southern is excited to announce that Dunedin Hospital's intensive care unit (ICU) has recently achieved C12-level accreditation for ICU specialist training by the College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM).

As soon as Florence arrived at Southland Hospital, she was an immediate star and the perfect special visitor on International Nurses Day.

Central Lakes communities will continue to be supported through the long tail of COVID-related impacts with a regional mental wellbeing navigator confirmed for a third year.

More community-based alcohol and drug services are now available in Otago, following the launch of the new alcohol and other drug (AOD) addictions service run by Te Kāika in Dunedin and funded by Te Whatu Ora.

The Te Whatu Ora Southern team was proud to mark the five-year anniversary of the National Bowel Screening programme recently and is delighted with the results achieved. 

More community-based drug and alcohol services will soon be available in Southland, with Te Whatu Ora Southern announcing an expansion of their contract with Nga Kete Matauranga Pounamu Charitable Trust (NKMP).