Alcohol - The Risks
Risky drinking is a significant problem in Hawke’s Bay. One in every four adults drinks too much – this means they are likely to be harming their own health or causing harm to others through their drinking.
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Intensive Care Unit ICU
The Intensive Care Unit or ICU is a specially staffed and equipped unit that provides care for patients with life threatening or potentially life threatening conditions. Our aim is to return patients to a quality of life that is acceptable to them, to minimise suffering and to reduce disability.
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Community Oral health and Dental Services
Oral Health Services (OHS) includes:
The Community Oral Health Service (COHS) provides free school based clinics for 0-13 year olds, including all the adolescents that attend Wairoa College up to the age of 18; and
The Hospital Dental Service where access is based around the low income, medically compromised and special need client… -
Urology - your urinary system
The Urology service at Hawke's Bay Fallen Soldiers' Memorial Hospital focuses on surgery required for, and some medical diseases of adult and infant, male and female, urinary tract systems. We also treat some aspects of the male reproductive organs, but do not usually perform vasectomy.
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Emergencies
Emergency departments provide the highest level of emergency care for patients, especially those with sudden and acute illness or severe trauma, such as:
Suspected heart attack
Suspected stroke
Serious head injury
Serious accident
You should always phone 111 for an ambulance if someone is seriously ill or injured and their life is at risk.… -
Volunteers called for following strike notice
New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) members have rejected the revised pay offer from DHBs and given notice of industrial action. Nursing, midwifery and healthcare assistants covered by the NZNO Multi Employment Collective Agreement (MECA) have issued notice, to all district health boards, of a full withdrawal of labour.
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Hepatitis C sufferers don’t know they have it
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board is supporting a worldwide campaign to stamp out viral hepatitis and raise awareness to find an estimated 25,000 New Zealanders who go undiagnosed with Hepatitis C. Hepatitis C is a highly infectious virus that is spread through blood-to-blood contact.
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Respiratory illnesses on the rise
26 July 2017
Hawke’s Bay Hospital continues to remain extremely busy with an increase in admissions of people experiencing respiratory illnesses like asthma, pneumonia and bronchitis. -
Surgical services
What is elective surgery?Elective surgery at Hawke's Bay Fallen Soldiers' Memorial Hospital is surgery that is not needed immediately. It is planned surgery for patients who need it the most and will benefit the most, compared to other people with similar conditions.
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Gastro update Wednesday 17 August
The latest figures from public health officials on gastro -related issues are as follows:13 patients remained on hospital wards as at 4pm this afternoon. That’s down from 17 this morning, with one patient remaining in ICU.