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The man appointed to run the South Canterbury District Health Board over the next year says his biggest job will be to ensure the $30 million redevelopment of Timaru Hospital stays on track.
"We can protect ourselves and our loved ones from this by sharing and resharing the reliable sources of information such as the IMAC (Immunisation Advisory Centre) website and Unite Against Covid-19 website. We need to encourage people to have questions and to seek answers through these reliable channels.” He said IMAC had been provided a local source of independent, factual information based on scientific research since 1997 and was honest about the benefits and risks of immunisations. “We had 17 cases of Covid-19 in South Canterbury and successfully worked together to stamp the virus...
John Bisset/Stuff Former South Canterbury District chairman Murray Cleverley is surprised the Government is disestablishing all the district health boards. (File photo) Cleverley, who said other centralised services such as Police worked quite well, was concerned smaller areas such as South Canterbury would become the poor relation as the budget would gravitate to the largest areas. “Over the last 20 years the SCDHB has been effective and efficient, it stayed in the black and has amazing staff ... it’s a slap to them to be disestablished.” Under the new model he thought it would har...
South Canterbury's first Covid vaccinations have been administered.
Operators had shown “resilience” through the rolling lockdowns, Phillips said. “They’re in these industries because they love working with people. “But Government support doesn't kick in for us, or anybody, until a week of restrictions – and some may need that support sooner than a week.'’ Phillips implored customers to be patient and respectful of level two guidelines, so operators could continue serving them. “We are just so lucky to be where we are in the country, but our staff need to feel safe at work,” she said. Bejon Haswell/Stuff “South Canterbury has been in...