Over $100m paid in claims for elderly falling in the Bay of Plenty in five years
11 Mar, 2021 05:00 PM
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Rory O Rourke who says falls are really bad for older people and he s been going to balance classes to help him keep on his feet after having a few falls recently
Rory O Rourke who says falls are really bad for older people and he s been going to balance classes to help him keep on his feet after having a few falls recently
Thousands of Rotorua seniors are falling every year promoting payments of over $21 million to the city in claims to help them recover.
Bay of Plenty s top female leaders share their journeys to the top
8 Mar, 2021 04:00 AM
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Talking to female business leaders about their experiences ahead of International Women s Day. Jacky James built a communications empire in the Bay. What s her secret to her success?
Talking to female business leaders about their experiences ahead of International Women s Day. Jacky James built a communications empire in the Bay. What s her secret to her success?
Stephanie Arthur-Worsop is the Rotorua Daily Post s News Directorstephanie.worsop@nzme.co.nzTheDailyPost
On International Women s Day, Stephanie Arthur-Worsop speaks to four of the Bay of Plenty s top female business leaders about their experience climbing the corporate ladder, what success looks like to them and what they think
Taupō Hospital to get CT scanner, the second in Lakes DHB region
7 Mar, 2021 08:17 PM
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Rotorua Daily Post
The Lakes District Health Board is going to have a second CT scanner, which will be located at Taupō Hospital.
Demand for CT scans has increased steadily in the last five years, as predicted, and the siting of the second CT scanner at Taupō Hospital will provide a valuable diagnostic resource to the southern part of the Lakes DHB.
Radiology department service manager Roger Lysaght said CT examinations can help health professionals in rural areas in making clinical decisions, by providing access to radiological clinical reports.
Car crashes into house, one seriously injured
7 Mar, 2021 07:30 PM
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A vehicle left a trail of destruction after crashing on Ngongotahā Rd. Photo / Andrew Warner
Rotorua Daily Post
A car has left the road, crashed through a fence and into a house on Ngongotahā Rd near Rotorua.
A police media spokeswoman said they were notified of the crash, between Henderson and Fairy Spring Rds, just after 11pm yesterday.
The single occupant of the vehicle suffered serious injuries, she said.
A vehicle crashed smashed through a fence on Ngongotahā Rd. Photo / Andrew Warner
A St John spokeswoman said two ambulances were sent to the scene and took one patient with serious injuries to Rotorua Hospital.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Vaccinations across Bay of Plenty going strong
5 Mar, 2021 07:00 PM
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Footage of Wellington border worker vaccinations and Jacinda Ardern on rollout of Covid-19 vaccine.
About 200 of the 500 Rotorua managed isolation staff have been vaccinated in the first week since the Covid-19 vaccine has been rolled out in the region. Vaccinations began at the Port of Tauranga this week also, with about 500 people needing to be vaccinated in the next four to six weeks.
Lakes District Health Board said it had started immunising a few of the household contacts of staff and contractors at the three Rotorua managed isolation facilities.