NEWS HR
June 8, 2018
The new Clinical Chief Advisor for Primary Health Care is Dr Juliet Rumball-Smith.
June 8, 2018
Penny Molnar is getting a QSM for her work as a community nurse for over 20 years in the Victory Community.
June 7, 2018
University of Otago Dentistry school head Paul Brunton has been appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the Division of Health Sciences. He replaces Professor Peter Crampton, who announced last year he would step down this year after 7-1/2 years in the role, and as Dean of the Medical School.
May 29, 2018
A Nelson health professional who secretly filmed colleagues with a toilet-cam is making another bid for permanent name suppression. The 44-year-old has lodged an appealed to the High Court after Judge David Ruth denied him name suppression on Thursday and convicted him on eight charges of making an intimate visual recording in the Nelson District Court. He had earlier pleaded guilty and was last week sentenced to seven months’ home detention. However, he has appealed a ruling over the release of his name. The man installed a small camera in a bathroom used by staff, capturing video footage of at least 10 colleagues using the toilet. His offending came to light by chance when he lost his tablet computer, and it was recovered by police.
May 28, 2018
A 95-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after his female carer died when she suffered head injuries. It is thought that her injuries were sustained at a residential address where she was working as a carer. The 95-year-old has been taken to hospital as a precaution due to a pre-existing condition where he will remain pending transfer to a location where his complex health and care needs can be managed. Reports have emerged that he was suffering from dementia. Police have bailed him while enquiries continue.
May 28, 2018
Female colleagues of a health professional who secretly filmed them using the toilet have told him they’re “disgusted” and “dehumanised” by his actions. A 44-year-old man, who has interim name suppression, installed a small camera in a bathroom used by staff, capturing video footage of at least 10 colleagues using the toilet. A court heard the man’s offending only came to light by chance when he lost his tablet computer, and it was recovered by police. He had earlier pleaded guilty in the Nelson District Court to eight charges of making an intimate visual recording. At his sentencing on Thursday three victim impact statements were read detailing the emotional and psychological impact the offending had on the man’s colleagues. One woman, whose statement was read on her behalf, said she was “personally disgusted, sick, degraded and vulnerable that my basic right to privacy has been violated.” It had taken her “months” to be able to use the toilets at her place of work again. Another woman said she now had a “tainted view of men and medical professionals”.
May 23, 2018
The man accused of murdering Dunedin teen Amber-Rose Rush can now be named. Dunedin doctor Venod Skantha, 30, has been in custody since his arrest just days after 16-year-old Amber-Rose was found dead at her Clermiston Ave home, in the Dunedin suburb of Corstorphine, on February 3. It is understood the pair were known to each other.
May 21, 2018
A further complaint about the Wellington doctor accused of having sexual relationships with vulnerable women patients has been received by the Medical Council. Deane Drew is being investigated by the Medical Council’s professional conduct committee (PCC) for allegations he began sexual relationships with four women patients, dating back to 1991. He has declined to comment.
