o DHB A new system that replaces film x-rays with digital images is live at  Waikato, Thames, Tokoroa, Taumarunui and Te Kuiti hospitals. The Picture Archive Communication System (PACS) allows... Read more

Please note the earlier releases from Westpac Waikato Air Ambulance and Waikato Police. This family all from Glen Murray, came under the care of our trauma team at Waikato Hospital. Patient updates:Mother, 40, serious... Read more

Fresh Future raises $75,000 for Waikato kids Children’s areas at Waikato Hospital are set for a spruce-up after Progressive Enterprises handed over a $75,000 cheque today, marking the end of the 2009 Fresh Future appeal. Health Waikato chief... Read more

The condition of the 42-year-old Putaruru woman involved in this head-on collision today is serious. She is in Waikato Hospital's intensive care unit. Date: 3 November 2009Mary Anne GillDirectorMedia and CommunicationsWaikato District... Read more

Health board staff raise $25,000 for charity Two Waikato charities are the recipients of $12,500 each thanks to the “questionable” artistic talents of Waikato District Health Board staff. The hospital revue, In Flagrante Delicto (Caught in the... Read more

Rural and community services get the big tick Caring for the health of one of New Zealand’s most rural regions is a big job, and somebody must do it - but do Waikato Rural and Community Services do it well? Yes they do, according to those who need... Read more

Leigh Singers takes up the new position of Waikato Hospital nurse manager, operations from November 23. It is the first of the nurse manager positions reporting to Waikato Hospital nursing director Suzanne Lawes... Read more

Waikato DHB gets protective over its youth Waikato District Health Board is making it as easy as possible for young women to receive protection against potential cervical cancer. Not only has the DHB agreed to continue the human papillomavirus (HPV)... Read more

Suzanne Lawes is passionate about nursing and the challenges it provides which is why she’s so excited about her appointment to the Waikato Hospital nursing director’s position. Mrs Lawes, 42, currently service... Read more

Earlier today you would have received two releases from the Westpac Waikato Air Ambulance. The following patient updates from Waikato Hospital:Kerepehi:a man in his 40s in critical condition in intensive care unita 15-year-old girl stable... Read more

Further to the Youthtown Trust Rescue Helicopter release, the man is in a critical condition in Waikato Hospital's intensive care unit. Early this morning the Taupo based Youthtown Rescue Helicopter was... Read more

The following condition updates from accidents in the Waikato region the  last 48 hours. Te Pahu  - patients taken to Waikato hospital - 4. 30pm  Friday16-year-old male critical in intensive care... Read more

Four more Waikato Hospital staff who've been in Samoa all week as part of the New Zealand medical and support staff response to the tsunami, return home later tonight. They are Roelof van Dalen (surgeon), John... Read more

One of the nine Waikato Hospital surgical staff who helped in New Zealand's medical response to the tsunami in Samoa, flew back to New Zealand today. Orthopaedic surgeon Jason Donovan completed another full day in theatre yesterday... Read more

A dog that recently died after visiting Coromandel’s Tapu Beach has tested positive for Tetrodotoxin (TTX) - the same toxin found in dogs and sea slugs recently on Auckland beaches. Thames Coromandel District Council... Read more

The nine-strong Waikato Hospital team in Samoa are sending back blogs and pictures at the end of every day for staff at the hospital and for their family and friends. They've asked me to share it with you. High res... Read more

The nine-strong Waikato Hospital medical team arrived in Samoa today on an RNZ Air Force flight with two Zealand based Samoan-speaking doctors and two Samoan-speaking nurses and were briefed an hour ago by an... Read more

Tony Ryall - Nine of the 14 health professionals travelling to Samoa later tonight (see the minister's release below) are from Waikato Hospital. We have two anaesthetists, one orthopaedic surgeon, one... Read more

Seth Tera, 15, the Tokoroa schoolboy allegedly chased and hit by a four-wheel drive vehicle in the South Waikato town last month, was discharged from Waikato Hospital today. His parents John and Liz Tera said the... Read more

An eight-strong medical team from Waikato Hospital is expected to fly to Samoa later today to provide surgical support on the ground for those injured by the devastating tsunami. Two anaesthetists, an... Read more