Te Whatu Ora Waitaha | Canterbury Pānui Monday 13 November 2023

Monday 13 November 2023Waitaha Canterbury Pānui2 minutes to read

In this edition of Te Whatu Ora Waitaha | Canterbury Pānui

Therapy dogs seem to spread joy wherever they go, and last week, it was cute little Brigid who popped into Christchurch Hospital's Emergency Department and Children's Emergency Care. It's part of a trial to see if future therapy dog visits to emergency care would be feasible, and so far, it's looking very positive.

Also, in this edition, we mark some dates of significance, including Diwali, International Fraud Week, Transgender Awareness Week, Patient Safety Day, Diabetes Action Month, Worldwide Stop Pressure Injury Day and World Pathology Day. The teams at Canterbury Health Laboratories celebrated World Pathology Day with some scientific-themed baking and a barbeque lunch.

It was great to see retired Radiologist Mike Hurrell recognised with a much-deserved Public Service Day Award recently, and last week Te Whatu Ora Waitaha and Te Tai o Poutini celebrated Interim Chief People Officer Jo Domigan with a poroporoaki (farewell) as she finishes up this week.

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