Mental Health Services at Wellington Hospital in Poor Shape
In order to manage the overcrowding of mentally ill patients at Wellington Hospital’s troubled ward, health officials are silently transferring acute mental patients to the so-called community acute house // in the suburban area. One such suburban house opened recently in Whitby and two other similar houses would be opened shortly. ....The patient’s admitted to the ward suffer form a variety of...Cancer patients from Wellington Hospital could be send to Australia for radiation therapy if the waiting time increases//. ....David Lamb, chief of Radiation oncology said, he has talked to Capital and Coast District Health Board managers to seriously consider sending patients outside for treatment, either within New Zealand or to Australia. ....His concern focuses on the waiting time for Welli...An outbreak of the contagious norovirus stomach bug has forced part of a Wellington based Rita Angus Retirement home, which has around 160 residents to shut down. It has// closed its communal facilities after the bug hit it. ..Norovirus, found in the faeces and vomit of infected people can spread easily to others through direct contact or by eating contaminated food, touching surfaces and object...