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Media
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An impressive artwork has pride of place in Whanganui Hospital's main corridor after an unveiling ceremony on Friday 17 May. |
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With school ball season around the corner, Whanganui District Health Board (WDHB) is urging teens, their parents and the wider community to show responsibility with alcohol at before and after parties. |
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'Protected together' is the focus for this year's national Immunisation Week, from 29 April to 5 May 2019. This theme is being supported by Whanganui District Health Board (WDHB), Whanganui Regional Health Network and general practices, through the encouragement of high immunisation uptake, to protect everyone in our community. |
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Preparations by Whanganui District Health Board (WDHB) for planned strike action are ongoing and well in hand. |
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Resident Medical Officers (RMOs) have provided plenty of positive feedback about working here in the latest Hospital Review, just published by the Resident Doctors' Association. |
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Keep well this winter - get a flu shot now. That's the message from Whanganui District Health Board (WDHB) as summer slips away and cooler autumn weather approaches. |
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Staff at Whanganui District Health Board took time out from their busy schedule on Wednesday [March 27] to remember the victims of the Christchurch attack with a memorial service. |
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Whanganui District Health Board (WDHB) held its annual careers day at Whanganui Hospital on Friday 29 March, with more than 60 secondary school students getting a look at life in the health sector.
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Whanganui District Health Board's (WDHB) preparations for planned strike action is ongoing and well in hand to ensure patients receive a full range of emergency and acute services, plus as many elective services as can be safely provided, when resident medical officers (RMOs) and midwives withdraw their services next week.
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A group cycling from Rotorua to Wellington carrying the message of 'Smear Your Mea' is encouraging as many wāhine as possible to meet them as they pass through the Whanganui and Ruapehu district on 16 and 17 February.
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Whanganui District Health Board's (WDHB) preparations for planned strike action is ongoing and well in hand to ensure patients receive a full range of emergency and acute services, plus as many elective services as can be safely provided, when resident medical officers (RMOs) withdraw their services again next week.
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Whanganui District Health Board's (WDHB) contingency planning for planned strike action is well in hand and ongoing to ensure patients receive a full range of emergency and acute services, plus as many elective services as can be safely provided, during the 48-hour period that resident medical officers (RMOs) plan to withdraw their services next week.
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Whanganui District Health Board (WDHB) is encouraging people across the Whanganui rohe (region) to embrace next month's Aotearoa Bike Challenge as a fun way to give cycling a go.
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Tests carried out by Horizons Regional Council have shown very high levels of potentially toxic blue-green algae at Lake Wiritoa near Whanganui. |
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Whanganui and Palmerston North Hospitals will be serving their patients a delicious Christmas menu beginning with a traditional Christmas Day dinner at midday.
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Whanganui District Health Board (WDHB) confirmed today its contingency planning is well in hand, to ensure patients receive a full range of emergency and acute services, plus as many elective services as can be safely provided, during next week's Resident Medical Officer (RMO) strike from 7am Tuesday 15 January to 7am Thursday 17 January.
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With the summer festive season around the corner, Whanganui District Health Board (WDHB) is encouraging people to drink alcohol responsibly.
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'Make every sleep a safe sleep' - that's the message Whanganui District Health Board (WDHB) is urging families of young children to take on board to avoid the risks associated with Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI).
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Whanganui District Health Board (WDHB) confirmed today that midwives will go on strike for two hours, twice a day beginning 22 November - a pattern likely to be repeated for two weeks.
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Water safety, responsible drinking and keeping safe in the sun are some of many summer safety messages being promoted at Marton's Holiday Safety Day early next month.
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Whanganui District Health Board (WDHB) and Sport Whanganui have launched a ground-breaking Fit for Surgery, Fit for Life programme to help patients lose weight and improve their fitness levels before elective surgery.
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Sixty-nine percent of Whanganui district residents over the age of 65 were immunised against influenza during this year's flu campaign, making Whanganui the most successful district in capturing those over 65.
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A live art display at Whanganui Hospital later this month will be the centrepiece of Whanganui DHB's effort to support this year's White Ribbon campaign.
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Immunising ourselves against serious diseases such as measles, whooping cough and most cancers caused by HPV is vital for our long-term health says Whanganui District Health Board (WDHB) which is getting behind a campaign urging us all to think about whether or not our immunisations are up to date.
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The theme for this year's Patient Safety Week from 4-10 November 2018 is infection prevention and control with a focus on good hand hygiene - the simplest, most effective way to prevent healthcare-associated infections says Whanganui District Health Board (WDHB) infection prevention clinical nurse specialist Jacqueline Pennefather.
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This year the keynote speaker for the Whanganui DHB's annual Porritt Lecture Series is Simon Denny who will be speaking on Adolescent Brain Development + Risk Factors.
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Following a short trial early this year, Whanganui District Health Board (WDHB) is pleased to announce that unlimited free public WiFi is now available at Whanganui Hospital to allow patients and visitors to connect their mobile devices to the internet during their time on the hospital campus. |
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Whanganui Hospital's Meals on Wheels Service has a new menu with a modern twist which dietitians believe will appeal to people of all ages wanting to have their main meal of the day delivered to them.
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Te Awhina - Whanganui District Health Board's Acute Mental Health and Addictions Inpatient Service nursing staff have adopted a breathing technique used by a second-year UCOL nursing student to help calm a Te Awhina patient who was experiencing extreme anxiety.
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Whanganui District Health Board (DHB) is supporting Mental Health Awareness Week 2018 by encouraging people to do something every week of the year to look after their mental wellbeing.
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