Monday 10 March 2025Waitaha Canterbury Pānui2 minutes to read
In this edition of Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury Pānui
In this week’s issue of the Pānui, we welcome three newly qualified anaesthetic technicians (ATs) to the team, all of whom are recipients of an inaugural scholarship programme. Launched in 2022, the initiative has provided vital support to students pursuing their degrees in Anaesthetic Technology at Auckland University of Technology (AUT), the only institution offering this qualification in New Zealand.
Waitaha Canterbury Health and Safety Advisor Fiona Humpheson has won the Veteran Women’s section of the 85km Old Ghost Road Ultra. This challenging event is run entirely on The Old Ghost Rd, New Zealand's longest continuous single-track, located near Westport on the West Coast of the South Island.
Some of our Nephrology staff are taking up the challenge of keeping active by walking or running the City2Surf to raise awareness for World Kidney Day. Fifteen staff members (dialysis nurses and a Nephrology Registrar) are taking part in the annual Christchurch event which coincides with World Kidney Day.
This week’s One min with… features Lily Love – Multidisciplinary Meeting (MDM) Coordinator and Hauora Māori Kaimahi.
It was one last wag of the tail as gentle giant Blake farewelled patients and staff at Christchurch Hospital recently. Blake, a Leonberger, who stands at 84cm high to his shoulder and weighs 55kg, has been making a difference one paw at a time since he began visiting the Oncology Outpatients and Radiation waiting rooms and the Medical Day Unit (MDU) in March 2023. He has now retired for a well-earned rest.
The two-year anniversary of the formal move to a transalpine (West Coast and Canterbury) Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Service was celebrated recently.
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