Waikanae Health Centre

• Dermatology

• ENT

• Gastro-enterology

• General Surgeon

• Neurologist

• Obestetrician/Gynecologist

• Ophthalmology

• Orthopedics

• Urology

• Vascular Surgeon

Other Facilities

• X-Ray

Developing new oral rotavirus vaccine

Rotavirus gastro is a lifethreatening diarrheal disease that results in the death of over half a million children under five worldwide and two million hospitalisations each year In New Zealand rotavirus is responsible for 1500 hospital admissions of children under five years of age each year The research collaboration led by the Murdoch Children... Read More

Health Buzz Kids Increasingly Injured After Swallowing Button Batteries

More kids are landing in the emergency room after swallowing coinsized button batteries There were nearly 66000 batteryrelated hospital visits by children under 18 between 1990 and 2009 and the annual number more than doubled jumping from 2591 to 5525 Thats according to a new study published today in Pediatrics The situation is worst for children 5... Read More