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Northland meningococcal death: Leaders plead for help as well-loved boy passes away
23 Feb, 2021 04:50 AM
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Public health nurse Sue Baker administers the vaccine to a 13-year-old at Whangārei Girls High School in 2018. Photo / File
Public health nurse Sue Baker administers the vaccine to a 13-year-old at Whangārei Girls High School in 2018. Photo / File
Northland s first meningococcal death in more than two years, a six-year-old boy, has Kaikohe leaders pleading for more essential health services in their rohe (area).
The boy, from the Kaikohe area, was sent home from Tautoro School on February 12 by a teacher for being unwell, before being admitted to Bay of Islands Hospital and later to Whangārei Hospital.
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GP/Mahitahi Hauora rift widening after letter to health minister Andrew Little
9 Feb, 2021 05:00 PM
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Bush Road Medical Centre GP Dr Andrew Miller is one of three GPs who have publicly criticised the actions of Mahitahi Hauora. Photo / Tania Whyte
Bush Road Medical Centre GP Dr Andrew Miller is one of three GPs who have publicly criticised the actions of Mahitahi Hauora. Photo / Tania Whyte
The divide between general practice doctors and their funding holder Mahitahi Hauora is widening after several Whangārei GPs wrote to Health Minister Andrew Little, claiming their relationship is untenable. Dr Melissa Gilbert-Smith from Kensington Health,