Health
Scholarship honours Sir Terepai
Wednesday 25 July 2018 | Published in Health
Six new scholarships have been launched to attract Pasifika students into the medical profession and to offer support to Pacific doctors and nurses who currently work in it.
Drug study welcomed
Wednesday 25 July 2018 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Health
Ministry of Health has welcomed the New Zealand government’s consideration of pleas to open access to its drug buying agency PHARMAC to five Pacific Island countries, including the Cook Islands.
OSH reform set to raise standards
Friday 20 July 2018 | Published in Health
The Cook Islands Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) national reform project is underway with the aim of raising the standards of occupational safety and health across the Cook Islands by establishing new legal requirements for OSH, workers’ compensation and employers’ liability insurance.
Health conference heads to Aitutaki
Monday 16 July 2018 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Health
The 20th Annual Cook Islands Health Conference 2018 will continue with a two-day session in Aitutaki, starting this morning.
Virtual health meetings the way of the future
Monday 16 July 2018 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Health
The time is right for the Cook Islands to start thinking about the next level of communication in knowledge exchange, says New Zealand’s Mobile Health director Stuart Gowland.
Health gathering deemed 'fantastic'
Saturday 14 July 2018 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Health
The 20th Annual Cook Islands Health Conference 2018 ended yesterday with some important issues highlighted by the participants in the three-day forum, held at the National Auditorium.
Country committed to quality health
Thursday 12 July 2018 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Health
A strong infrastructure is critical to closing today’s gap between health promises and realities, says newly-appointed health minister Rose Brown.
Ministry lifts ban on MMR vaccine
Thursday 12 July 2018 | Published in Health
The Cook Islands Ministry of Health’s temporary ban on injections of measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine has been lifted after it was confirmed that batches of the vaccine in this country are safe.
Rose Brown to open health conference
Wednesday 11 July 2018 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Health
Newly-appointed health minister Rose Brown will this morning make her first public appearance as a Minister of the Crown since her appointment on Thursday of last week.
Mammography screening returns
Tuesday 10 July 2018 | Published in Health
The Cook Islands Breast Cancer Foundation will again this year join with the Ministry of Health for the annual mammography screening programme for 2018.
Keeping the blood pumping
Saturday 7 July 2018 | Published in Health
Staff from the Cook Islands Red Cross were kept busy on Thursday replenishing Rarotonga’s blood stocks with another round of blood donations from some of their registered donors.
Hospital Comforts to the aid of cataract patients
Saturday 7 July 2018 | Published in Health
The Cook Islands benefits from visiting medical specialists, most recently the New Zealand eye team made up of optometrists, who carry out eyesight testing and treatment, and ophthalmologists, eye doctors who perform delicate cataract surgery to replace a patient’s cloudy lens.
Visiting NZ group continues free spinal checks
Tuesday 3 July 2018 | Written by Jaimie Keay | Published in Health
A group of visiting chiropractors is once again conducting free spinal checks for the general public.
Over 3600 cases and counting...
Wednesday 27 June 2018 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Health
A group of chiropractors from the New Zealand College of Chiropractic is on Rarotonga running free spinal health checks and chiropractic care until July 7.
Health bus ready to go
Tuesday 19 June 2018 | Published in Health
The dedication of Rarotonga’s new mobile health clinic bus took place at Constitution Park yesterday morning, attended by distinguished guests from both here in the Cook Islands and from New Zealand, including health minister Nandi Glassie and New Zealand High Commissioner Peter Marshall.
Mobile health clinic bus blessed
Tuesday 19 June 2018 | Published in Health
Rarotonga’s long-awaited mobile health clinic bus, delivered to the Cook Islands earlier this month courtesy of the Masterton South Rotary Club in New Zealand, was blessed and dedicated in a ceremony held at Constitution Park in Avarua yesterday.
Workshop focuses on domestic violence
Friday 15 June 2018 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Health
A three-day workshop on domestic violence last week helped participants to understand the different forms of abuse victims can be subjected to in a domestic setting.
Blood drive adds more to local donor list
Friday 15 June 2018 | Written by Jaimie Keay | Published in Health
The health ministry and the Cook Islands Red Cross Society held a blood drive yesterday to mark World Blood Day.
Mobile health clinic a reality at last
Wednesday 13 June 2018 | Written by Jaimie Keay | Published in Health
The Rotary Club of Rarotonga has completed a two-year project to bring a mobile health clinic to Rarotonga.
Hospital gifted eye screening machine
Wednesday 13 June 2018 | Published in Health
The Rarotonga Hospital was gifted a retinal screening camera last week.