April 29, 2021
MBChB 1997, FRACS 2007
Rebecca has been a consultant ORL since 2007 when she completed her NZ based training and then a fellowship in otology and neuro-otology in Perth Western Australia. She has worked in the wider Wellington region (Wellington, Hutt and Wairarapa DHB’s) since 2008 in the public hospital system, where she still holds a position. Her special interests are in otology and hearing surgery as well as general ENT. She has two children of her own and connects well with paediatric patients, which make up about a third of her practice.
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 […]
Read moreAcurity 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 […]
Read moreBase 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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