MidCentral DHB public news updates and releases.
29/11/2018
The Palmerston North Hospital has proudly marked 125 years of providing healthcare to the community....continue »
29/11/2018
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a disease that compromises your immune system....continue »
28/11/2018
This weekend (30 Nov – 2 Dec), Te Pūtahi-a-Toi School of Maori Knowledge, Massey University, will host a weaving wananga in Palmerston North. Jenny Firmin (rāranga teacher, nō Whanganui), will be teaching the wahakura waikawa style to hapū māmā, their wha...continue »
28/11/2018
Tests carried out by Horizons Regional Council have shown very high levels of potentially toxic blue-green algae at Dudding Lake in the Rangitīkei District....continue »
26/11/2018
Doctors were scarce in early New Zealand and often had to cover a lot of ground to tend to their patients. ...continue »
26/11/2018
Life expectancy is increasing by five hours a day, or almost three months a year....continue »
26/11/2018
Electricity, hot and chilled water form the life blood of any hospital’s infrastructure....continue »
26/11/2018
Up until the mid-1960s, if you happened to suffer a life-threatening illness after 9pm, it would be very unlikely you would get specialist treatment before 8am the next morning at a New Zealand hospital. ...continue »
26/11/2018
Two wars played a big part in dentist Alan Cull’s career. ...continue »
26/11/2018
By Sir Mason Durie. My first clinical experience in psychiatry occurred at the Palmerston North Hospital in 1964....continue »