Information and guidance from Southern Health and the Southern District Health Board is provided in these posters in both Chinese and English: coronoavirus-chinese-and-english-southern Southern Health recommend the following basic principles to reduce the general risk of acute respiratory infections: avoid close contact with people suffering acute respiratory infections frequently wash hands, especially after contact with […]
The email address for contact with Dunedin North Medical Centre has changed to: manager@dnmc.co.nz A link to this address can be found on our home page: Home Please update address books. Mail will be re-directed for a short time only.
Warm welcome to Debbie Bush who is joining the staff at Dunedin North Medical Centre. As an enrolled nurse Debbie will be a key support for our clinical team.
There are several public holidays coming in the months ahead. We will be closed on those days but open as usual on all other weekdays. Please keep this in mind when planning regular checkups or prescription renewals. Some staff will be taking their well earned breaks during this time and those working through will be busy. […]
Our local Heart Foundation offers regular drop-in coffee and education sessions, to chat about cardiac rehabilitation. Every Thursday 10:30 am to midday. Sessions start with coffee and chat from 10:30am. Education follows from 11:00am to midday. The Heart Foundation is at 206 Hanover Street, Dunedin For more information call them on: 03 477 3999 or […]
The cervical screening start age has risen from 20 to 25 years. From November 2019, women will be invited to start routine cervical screening from 25 years of age. This is to reduce over-intervention in young women, and unnecessary testing. Some important notes are: If you are under 25 and have already started cervical screening, […]
Measles – information from the Ministry of Health This serious and very infectious disease has been in the news because it is circulating in New Zealand, particularly in the Auckland region. If you’re feeling sick, you should stay away from work, school or public places, to help prevent putting other people at risk. If you […]
The Ministry of Health, Health Promotion Agency and WellSouth Primary Health Network are launching a trial of a pilot project in Otago and Southland. This trial has been extended and will now run till September 30th for mobile customers of Spark, Vodafone and 2Degrees. Those with a mobile device or tablet will be able to […]
Changes for our team, fight the flu…. and more: Newsletter Winter 2019
You may have seen press reports about stocks of influenza vaccine being limited. It will now only be available to patients who are funded to receive it; pregnant women, those over 65 and others made vulnerable by their serious health conditions.
If you have missed out on getting the vaccine you may find the advice below on managing symptoms helpful.
– mild symptoms: fever, runny nose, headache.
– ‘the flu’ – Moderate to severe illness, high fever, shivering, cough, muscle aches.
– Really unwell, fever, shivering, stiff neck, vomiting, sensitive to bright lights, rash, getting worse quickly.
If meningitis is suspected check on the sick person frequently (at least every hour). A sick person should not remain on their own.
