Taranaki Health

Taranaki — The TSB Community Trust has granted $4.5million to the Taranaki District Health Board.

By William Johnston
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New Plymouth — New Plymouth’s clock tower will be showing its support for two national charities.

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New Plymouth — With Mental Health Awareness Week just around the corner, people in Taranaki will soon have access to an exciting new wellness initiative called ‘Turn the Page’.

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Taranaki — Federated Farmers is concerned by reports from the Taranaki region that farmers are being pressured into buying health and safety policies.

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New Plymouth — Health Minister Tony Ryall says Hamilton Radiology's new Positron Emission and Computed Tomography (PET-CT) Centre in Hamilton will give patients from New Plymouth to Hamilton to Gisborne more convenient service, closer to home.

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Taranaki — Health Minister Tony Ryall has approved more than half a million dollars in extra funding that could reduce adverse medicines events by at least two-thirds.

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New Plymouth — DVD screening on Fluoridation to be held at the Tasman Bolws Club, 35 Octavius Street, 29th November at 7pm till 9pm.

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Taranaki — Stratford residents, Steve Rowe and Rachel Brownlee, who have been photographing the aerosol spraying activity taking place in Central Taranaki for approximately 5 years, have reported that the aerosols are being sprayed over populated areas five out of seven days a week now.

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Taranaki — Taranaki DHB Public Health staff have been busy fielding calls and following up on travellers who may have been in contact with the Swine flu.

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Stratford — Stratford young people are preparing for a healthy 2009.

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Taranaki — Minister of Health David Cunliffe today signed off on an $80 million revamp of Taranaki Base Hospital that will include two new surgical theatres and increase the number of hospital beds.

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New Plymouth — A new health support service for people historically exposed to dioxin from the former Ivon Watkins Dow factory in Paritutu, New Plymouth became available today. 

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Taranaki — Former and current timber workers with historical exposure to a toxic timber treatment known as pentachlorophenol (PCP) are advised to talk to their doctor about any health concerns, the Department of Labour said today.

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Taranaki — Tariana Turia, MP for Te Tai Hauauru, has picked up on the disappointment expressed by the Chemically Exposed Paritutu Residents Association (CEPRA), that the offer of free GP visits was an 'insult', a hollow 'political gesture of little value'.

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Taranaki — The Green Party says the free annual health check-ups offered to Paritutu residents exposed to dioxin from the Ivon Watkins Dow chemical plant is a bit better than nothing, but seriously questions why it has taken so long and comes without the hint of an apology.

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New Plymouth — One of the world's largest dioxin exposure studies has found that workers at the former 2,4,5-T manufacturing plant in New Plymouth have blood dioxin levels well below the accepted level of health concern.

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New Plymouth — The Government has considered an independent report on recommendations for a health support service for people who lived near or worked at the former Ivon Watkins Dow plant at Paritutu, New Plymouth.

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New Plymouth — Associate Health Minister Steve Chadwick will today visit the WAVES Youth Health Service in New Plymouth.

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Taranaki — Te Tai Hauauru MP, Tariana Turia, has repeated her call for a co-ordinated agency-wide strategy to be immediately put in place in Patea to protect Patea residents from the health risks associated with asbestos exposure.

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New Plymouth — New Plymouth has passionate people who are committed to the health and wellbeing of young people.

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