Family of 5 year old Turangi sexual victim donate $20,000 The family of the 5-year-old girl sexually assaulted in Turangi on 22 December last year today announced they have donated $20,000 to four organisations who helped them in the weeks after the... Read more

from Lake Waahi, no health warning for Lake Rotoroa in Hamilton The health warning has now been lifted for Lake Waahi, but warnings remain in place for the other regularly tested lakes outside Hamilton.   These lakes... Read more

The 2012 Waikato District Health Board (DHB) Best of Health awards promise to unveil some hidden successes in the Waikato public health sector. Entries are now closed and there are 36 project... Read more

at Morrinsville Primary School Hundreds of Morrinsville children will get an improved oral health outcome after the opening of a new school-based dental service today at Morrinsville Primary School.   The Morrinsville... Read more

Quality Report a New Zealand first by Waikato DHB The Health Quality & Safety Commission has congratulated Waikato DHB on being the first DHB in New Zealand to publish a Quality Account. Quality Accounts are annual reports to the public from... Read more

Popular television personality and clinical psychologist Nigel Latta was at Waikato Hospital today, speaking to dental professionals about children’s behaviour and how that impacts on their oral... Read more

For the first time in the Waikato health and social service professionals can access a wider range of postgraduate study options. Wintec has three new postgraduate programmes starting in February – the... Read more

Patient updates: 24 January 2012, 2pm We have a 9-year-old Cambridge boy in a critical condition in Waikato Hospital's intensive care unit due for transfer to Auckland Starship Hospital this afternoon. (See police media release below) 24... Read more

at Waikato HospitalA second carpark building will open at Waikato Hospital tomorrow (Monday 23 January) in Pembroke Street opposite the Acute Services Building and the Emergency Department. The five-level building has space... Read more

Are you pedantic, good at making connections, and have a recognised qualification in anatomy and physiology or medical terminology? You could make a great clinical coder. If you enjoy cryptic... Read more

for helping look for other exotic mosquitosHealth authorities are thanking residents close to the ports of Auckland and Tauranga for help in looking for two unwanted species of mosquito after they were found on a visiting cargo ship in... Read more

In an effort to help eradicate rheumatic fever, Tairawhiti District Health will launch a throat swabbing programming in local schools next month. The programme is a triple partnership between TDH, Turanga... Read more

Update: 12pmFollowing ongoing shellfish toxin monitoring the Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) toxin warning has been extended eastwards to include Whakatane Heads. The affected area now includes the entire... Read more

Statement from Turangi assault victim's family 14 January 2012 The parents of a 5-year-old girl brutally attacked at a Turangi camping ground on December 21 last year have spoken out in advance of the next court appearance on... Read more

Waikato DHB discussion paper points finger at fast food The intense marketing of fast food is one of the reasons why obesity and type 2 diabetes have grown, according to a discussion paper issued by Waikato District Health Board’s Population Health... Read more

2011 was a record year for ED presentations Read all the stats ENDSDate: 1-January-2012Contact:Mary Anne GillCommunications DirectorWaikato District Health Board021 705 213 ... Read more

First baby born at Waikato Hospital Baby Louisa was born at 12. 35am on 1 January 2012 in Waikato Hospital weighing in at 3333 grams.  Parents Aleisha, 26, Tangimetua and Tuaine, 29, Tuaine (crcct) are from Tokoroa. ... Read more

I'm not well, where should I go? Keep our emergency departments for emergencies Make sure you get medical attention - but at the right place! That's the message Waikato DHB is sending out as the very busy holiday period is now here. Waikato and... Read more

New health warning for Lake Ngaroto Health warnings are now in place for all of the regularly tested lakes outside Hamilton. Lake Ngaroto, just north of Te Awamutu, now has a new cyanobacterial health warning and warnings remain in place for Hakanoa,... Read more

Turangi assault victim The parents of the 5 year old girl assaulted in Turangi this week have again thanked the public for the gifts, messages, emails and cards sent to them at Waikato Hospital... Read more