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• More Māori and Pacific peoples eligible for second COVID-19 vaccine booster

  16/11/2022
  Over 63,000 Māori and Pacific peoples will become eligible

• New Drop-In Service For Whānau Worried About Suicidal Loved Ones

  08/11/2022
  Are you worried about someone who is struggling? Do you want to care for them but don’t know how?
  
  A new weekly drop-in session has started at the Rotorua Library to share concerns in confidence.

• Work begins on Mauri Ora Mental Health Inpatient Facility

  03/11/2022
  Work began this week in preparation for construction of the new Mauri Ora Mental Health Inpatient Unit in Rotorua.
  

• First nationwide health plan to deliver healthy futures for New Zealanders

  28/10/2022
  We are pleased to announce the official release of Te Pae Tata | interim New Zealand Health Plan.

• New artwork for Taupō Hospital

  25/10/2022
  Children attending appointments at Taupō Hospital will be forgiven for wanting to stay a little longer in their consultation rooms.

• Celebrating Allied Health Professionals Day

  14/10/2022
  Today is Allied Health Professionals Day where we celebrate and bring together the allied health professional community.

• Te Whatu Ora Lakes farewells Aunty Phyllie

  07/10/2022
  Phyllis Tangitu farewelled after 30 years' service to health in the Lakes region.

• Whānau and trust donate Sozo machine

  22/08/2022
  A whānau who had lost their wife and mother a year ago to lymphoedema have donated, along with the Rotorua Breast Cancer Trust, a Sozo machine to Te Whatu Ora Lakes.

• Taupō doctor awarded top GP College honour for services to rural hospital medicine

  25/07/2022
  Taupō-based rural medicine hospital specialist Dr Jeremy Webber has been awarded Distinguished Fellowship of The Division of Rural Hospital Medicine.

• Visitors asked to reconsider visiting

  20/07/2022
  Due to the high number of Covid-19 patients in both Rotorua and Taupō hospitals we strongly encourage you to reconsider your need to visit.

• Wards temporarily close to visitors due to COVID-19

  29/06/2022
  Rotorua Hospital’s Older Persons and Rehabilitation (OPRS) Service and Taupō’s Inpatient Unit are temporarily closed to visitors following patients testing positive for COVID-19.

• Taupō CT Scanner opens

  22/06/2022
  Eighty patients have already been saved a trip to Rotorua with the opening of Taupō Hospital’s new CT scanner.

• Lakes DHB’s second CT scanner due to open to patients this month

  15/06/2022
  Lakes DHB’s second CT scanner is due to open to patients this month.
  
  The official opening is Wednesday June 22 at Taupō Hospital.

• Second COVID-19 vaccine booster for the most vulnerable

  27/05/2022
  People who are at high-risk of getting very sick from a COVID-19 infection will soon be eligible to receive a second booster, COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said today.

• Changes to Visiting

  16/05/2022
  Lakes DHB has updated its visitor policy to its hospitals.