Press Release – Bay of Plenty District Health Board Luke Gray has been recognised as a local hero for his work supporting young peoples mental health in his community of Whakatne. The Bay of Plenty District Health Board (BOPDHB) Occupational Therapist Luke said he was honoured and humbled …
Luke Gray has been recognised as a ‘local hero’ for his work supporting young people’s mental health in his community of Whakatāne.
The Bay of Plenty District Health Board (BOPDHB) Occupational Therapist Luke said he was honoured and humbled to receive a prestigious Kiwibank Local Hero of the Year Award – Te Pou Toko o te Tau. The award recognises everyday people doing extraordinary things in their local hapori – communities over the past year.
Foreigners get $5.22m in treatment from Bay of Plenty hospitals, DHB writes off debts worth million
10 Jan, 2021 11:41 PM
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Foreigners have received just over $204.4 million worth of hospital treatment in the past five years. Photo / Getty
Bay of Plenty Times
Humanity, not money, should be the priority when it comes to hospital care for visitors to New Zealand, says a Tauranga iwi leader. Foreigners have had more than $204.4 million worth of hospital treatment in New Zealand in the past five years, and taxpayers have had to foot the bill for about a third of that between July 2015 and June 2020, excluding GST.
Press Release – Bay of Plenty District Health Board
There are 19 new faces around Tauranga and Whakatāne hospitals this summer thanks to an annual Summer Studentship Programme.
The programme, facilitated by the BOP Clinical Campus, gives medical students from across New Zealand an opportunity to study topics in the hospital environment with supervision and support from clinicians.
University of Auckland student Andrew Weston is assisting with research into rates of secondary primary malignancy in patients with existing chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. The soon-to-be fifth-year medical student, who has a degree in biomedical science, said his placement was a “great opportunity to use both degrees to help with research in an area I am passionate about”.
New Year Honours: Yvonne Boyes on supporting health journeys
30 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Yvonne Boyes has been awarded a Queen s Service Medal for her services to health, particularly nursing and cancer treatment. Photo / Supplied
Shauni James is the Rotorua Weekender reportershauni.james@nzme.co.nz@thedailypost
For Yvonne Boyes, the recognition of her many years and contributions towards health in her community has left her flabbergasted .
Boyes many years of service have been acknowledged in the New Year Honours today as she was awarded the Queen s Service Medal for her services to health, particularly nursing and cancer treatment.
She said she was flabbergasted when she found out she was being awarded the QSM.
Rotorua s Elizabeth Pillar shares message on melanoma ahead of hot summer
28 Dec, 2020 05:00 PM
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Those are the powerful words Elizabeth Pilaar holds close when thinking of her son, Michael. He was 17 when diagnosed with melanoma after a large and rather ugly mole on his calf gave Elizabeth some concerns.
It had been there for years before she realised, in 2015, it had grown bigger. I will always regret not having acted earlier.
Michael had the mole removed but it was after testing doctors realised the gravity of the situation and he was soon diagnosed with melanoma.
Operations to remove the cancerous cells from his leg and small deposits around his groin were quickly done. The prognosis appeared good and come Christmas, he thought he was in the clear.