May 2, 2021
MB ChB FRANZCO
I am a Southern Cross Affiliated Provider for: Cataract surgery, chalazion or tarsal cyst removal, consultations and assessments, fundus photography, intravitreal injections, laser iridoplasty, laser iridotomy, laser trabeculoplasty, macular laser, minor eyelid surgery, optic disc photos, optical coherence tomography (OCT), photocoagulation of the retina or pan retinal laser, pterygium or pinguecula surgery, punctal plug or enlargement, retinal photography, syringing of tear ducts or lacrimal probe, three snip punctoplasty, visual field tests, YAG laser capsulotomy.
I consult at the Terrace Eye Centre, Waikanae Specialist Centre and Wellington Public Hospital. I provide a tertiary referral vitreo-retinal service for the region. I am interested in the development of the specialty of ophthalmology and am the director of training for New Zealand with the Royal Australia and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists. I am a trustee of the Capital Vision Research Trust and am keen to see the advancement of academic ophthalmology and research in this region.
Bruce Bennett says new technology that zeroes in on hard-to-target prostate cancer is a great advancement – he just wishes it had arrived earlier, and cheaper. After three biopsies, dating back to 2005, that missed his cancer, Bennett – a 65-year-old retired Wellington teacher – was tested earlier this year with new fusion biopsy technology, which found […]
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Acurity Health Group and property partner Vital Healthcare Property Trust have confirmed base isolators will be employed in the $106 million re-development of Wellington’s Wakefield Hospital enabling it to remain operational after a major earthquake. Wellington City Council has granted a Resource Consent for the proposed new hospital. Enabling works are currently underway with construction expected […]
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Base isolators will be part of Wakefield Hospital’s $106 million redevelopment to ensure it can keep operating following a major earthquake. Plans were announced in November to bowl most of Wellington’s largest private hospital, in Newtown, to make way for an upgrade which will give patients access to state-of-the art facilities. Acurity Health Group and property partner Vital […]
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Bruce Bennett says new technology that zeroes in on hard-to-target prostate cancer is a great advancement – he just wishes it had arrived earlier, and cheaper. After three biopsies, dating back to 2005, that missed his cancer, Bennett – a 65-year-old retired Wellington teacher – was tested earlier this year with new fusion biopsy technology, which found […]
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Acurity Health Group and property partner Vital Healthcare Property Trust have confirmed base isolators will be employed in the $106 million re-development of Wellington’s Wakefield Hospital enabling it to remain operational after a major earthquake. Wellington City Council has granted a Resource Consent for the proposed new hospital. Enabling works are currently underway with construction expected […]
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Base isolators will be part of Wakefield Hospital’s $106 million redevelopment to ensure it can keep operating following a major earthquake. Plans were announced in November to bowl most of Wellington’s largest private hospital, in Newtown, to make way for an upgrade which will give patients access to state-of-the art facilities. Acurity Health Group and property partner Vital […]
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