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Life-saving bowel screening now available in Wellington region
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Notably, the 386 patients overdue for surveillances colonoscopies at Southland Hospital in November 2020 had dropped to 186 in February 2021 while the 47 patients waiting longer than 90 days for a non-urgent colonoscopy had reduced to one. These wait times are based on Ministry of Health advice and vary, depending on the urgency of a patient’s condition. Connolly said the board hoped to have reduced its surveillance colonoscopy wait list to zero by September 2021. In the interim, patients were being offered colonoscopies in Dunedin, he said.
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The Southern District Health Board’s colonoscopy service delivery has been a contentious issue in Southland for many years, leading the board to publicly apologise for its failures in 2020.
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