NEWS HR
May 28, 2019
Rae Lamb has been announced as new Te Pou o te Whakaaro Nui chief executive.
May 28, 2019
Whakatane-based Eastern Bay PHA is facing a merger with its neighbouring PHO in Tauranga.
May 28, 2019
Cathie Cotter, of Dacre, is the new Southland Rural Support Trust chairwoman. She is also the Cancer Society’s support care officer for Eastern Southland.
May 17, 2019
A hospital security guard who was attacked by a patient wielding an oxygen cylinder was failed by her employer and the Waikato DHB, the union says. The female guard was seriously injured in the early morning assault at a surgical ward at Waikato Hospital. “She’s suffered severely, with multiple injuries to her head, face and body, and will require multiple surgeries,” E tū Waikato senior organiser Iriaka Rauhihi said in a statement. “It’ll be a long road to recovery and we’re lucky we’re not dealing with a fatality.” Rauhihi, who has visited the guard in hospital, says the woman’s family is horrified by what’s happened to her. The guard is employed by DHB security contractor, Allied Security.
May 17, 2019
Five staff were assaulted by a patient at Waikato Hospital. A security guard who was seriously assaulted in an attack at Waikato Hospital has been hailed a hero for saving nurses from the oxygen cylinder wielding patient. The patient was being treated at a surgical ward at Waikato Hospital around 2am on Wednesday when they lashed out. The female guard is in the high dependency unit and is now awaiting surgery, a source says. The source, who did not want to be identified, said the guard was “messed up”. “She is having surgery on her hand later, and behind all the swelling and bruising, her face is broken. “The nurses are calling her a hero. “She effectively saved them from being more seriously injured.” The source understands the guard witnessed at least two nurses being attacked by a patient with an oxygen cylinder and stepped in to help. Waikato District health Board Executive Director of Public Affairs, Lydia Aydon, confirmed five staff members – four nurses and one security guard – were assaulted.
May 13, 2019
David Carr has given notice of his resignation as the Chief Executive Officer of the Manager of Vital Healthcare Property Trust.
April 16, 2019
New South Wales police have arrested a New Zealand doctor for allegedly inciting a sexual relationship with an 11-year-old girl and her mother. Dr Murray Govan, a 49-year-old specialist doctor who grew up in Dunedin, is alleged to have sent child abuse material before making arrangements to meet the woman and girl for sex. Investigations led to the man being arrested outside a hotel at Parramatta in Sydney’s west on Wednesday. Detectives from the Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad’s Child Exploitation Internet Unit (CEIU) began engaging online with a man in March. The man allegedly talked about sexually explicit acts he wished to perform on the child and her 32-year-old mother, separately and together. Police will argue the man, who is living in Coffs Harbour, believed he was speaking to the 11-year-old’s mother. ‘‘The man was taken to Parramatta Police Station and charged with inciting a person as an accessory before the fact to attempted aggravated sexual intercourse of a person between 10 and 14 years of age, and using a carriage service for child pornography,’’ NSW Police said. Dr Govan grew up in Dunedin and studied at the University of Otago, graduating in 1993. He moved to Australia more than 16 years ago, where he runs the Coffs Coast Skin Cancer Clinic. He a Fellow of the Skin Cancer College and is a tutor for the Advanced Clinical Certificate of Skin Cancer Medicine and Surgery as well as a lecturer in the Certificate of Skin Cancer Medicine. Skin Cancer College Australasia chief executive Lynette Hunt said the college board met on Friday and suspended Govan’s membership and directorship. The doctor appeared at Parramatta Local Court on Friday. He did not apply for bail, and remains in custody. He will reappear at Parramatta Court on Wednesday.
April 4, 2019
A contaminated salad containing duck meat is suspected of having killed five residents of a care home for the elderly in southern France. Four women and a man, aged from 76 to 95, died after eating the salad on Sunday night. In all, 20 people at the home near Toulouse suffered vomiting and other symptoms of food poisoning. Twelve of those taken ill are in hospital, but not in grave danger. The salad ingredients, including duck foie gras (pâté), are being examined.
