Laboratory services for the hospital are provided by a private group/company called ‘TLab’. Hauora Tairāwhiti has a joint venture agreement with TLab/Medlab Central. The TLab laboratory...
Read more about "Laboratory"...Scabies is caused by tiny insects (mites) that burrow under the upper layer of the skin, laying eggs as they go. Symptoms tiny blisters surrounded...
Read more about "Scabies"...The Mobile Community Ear Nurse Service is free to all children in the Tairāwhiti area from birth to school leaving age. We visit primary and secondary...
Read more about "Mobile ear clinic"...Slapped cheek (also known as fifth disease) is a common childhood illness. It is caused by the human parvovirus B19. It causes bright red cheeks –...
Read more about "Slapped cheek"...The NIR is a computerised information system (a national register) that holds immunisation details for all New Zealand children. In Tairāwhiti this register began on 15...
Read more about "National Immunisation Register (NIR)"...Faecal incontinence is the medical term for soiling in children over the age of four years. In most cases faecal incontinence develops as a result of...
Read more about "Soiling (ecopresis)"...