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Hawke’s Bay Hospital’s anaesthetic technicians, who are members of the Association of Professionals and Executive Employee Inc (APEX), have voted to strike for 24 hours from 7am 24 October until 7am 25 October.
12 July 2017
The surge of winter illnesses in Hawke’s Bay is impacting the whole of the Hawke’s Bay health system and there is important advice for locals on how to best manage their care.
Hawke’s Bay Hospital is at capacity, and unless it’s an emergency, people are asked to seek medical care from their family doctor, medical centre, pharmacy or to call Healthline.
Expectant mothers in Wairoa are being encouraged to engage with a midwife in the early stages of pregnancy to ensure they and their baby receive the best possible start.
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board works with local community providers and Health Hawke’s Bay (PHO) to spread the word about Rheumatic Fever and prevention. A sore throat can lead to rheumatic fever.
All requests for patient conditions, staff and patient interviews, photographs or filming must be made through the National Media Team. After hours weekdays and weekends media requests can be sent to:
hnzmedia@tewhatuora. govt.
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.…
Hawke’s Bay District Health Board is committed to patient safety and the delivery of high quality patient care. Ensuring adverse events are captured, investigated and reported is important in building a culture of safety, minimising errors and avoidable harm and learning from the errors that do occur.
