May 4, 2021
BHB, MBChB, FRACS (Ortho)
I grew up in Hawke’s Bay and gained my medical degree from the University of Auckland. After completing my orthopaedic training I undertook two fellowships in Melbourne, Australia; one at The Alfred Hospital working in the areas of trauma surgery, pelvis and acetabular fracture surgery and hip replacement, and another specialising in sports knee and knee replacement surgery. I have also completed a paediatric orthopaedic fellowship at Starship Children’s Hospital.
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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