http://www.waimatemedical.nz/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.waimatemedical.nz en-us Sun, 22 Dec 2019 03:20:23 +1300 Rocketspark http://www.waimatemedical.nz/blog/post/42133/Modern-building-is-icing-on-the-cake-of-small-town-GP-life-in-WaimateNew-post/ Zahra Shahtahmasebi . zshahtahmasebi@nzdoctor.co.nzRepublished with permission of New Zealand Doctor Tuesday 18 June 2019, 09:47 AM "I used to feel nervous in the old building every time there was an earthquake…now we’ll probably be used as a command centre in a national emergency" When she looks at her newly built health centre, GP Sarah Creegan feels a sense of belonging to the small Canterbury town of Waimate. “As a rural GP you can go anywhere in the country, but this little town ... Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:41:28 +1200 http://www.waimatemedical.nz/blog/#post42133 http://www.waimatemedical.nz/blog/post/41826/Official-Opening-of-the-Waimate-Health-Centre/ The Waimate Health Centre was officially opened on June 7, 2019.  Read the Timaru Herald article here.... Mon, 17 Jun 2019 20:23:31 +1200 http://www.waimatemedical.nz/blog/#post41826 http://www.waimatemedical.nz/blog/post/39482/Survival-modeWhy-some-rural-emergency-services-are-under-threat/ Tess Brunton, Otago/Southland reporter.Rural GPs and nurses are thin on the ground and the pressure on those trying to provide life saving emergency help is even more evident over the summer. RNZ's Otago/Southland reporter, Tess Brunton explores if they can continue as demand rises.  Read more here.... Sat, 13 Apr 2019 10:56:58 +1200 http://www.waimatemedical.nz/blog/#post39482 http://www.waimatemedical.nz/blog/post/39481/New-Medical-Centre-progress/ The old building comes down.Timelapse video by Stuart Duncan... Sat, 13 Apr 2019 10:31:14 +1200 http://www.waimatemedical.nz/blog/#post39481 http://www.waimatemedical.nz/blog/post/39480/Waimate-Medical-Centre-moving-from-1960s-era-to-21st-century-building-New-Zealand-Doctor/ By Keira Stephenson Monday 6 August 2018, 10:37 AM An Edwardian building on Waimate’s main street makes way for a new development. After 10 years working in a building constructed the same year she was born, Waimate Medical Centre owner, GP Sarah Creegan, was ecstatic when the opportunity arose to move into a brand new $2 million one. Dr Creegan says her current building, purpose built in 1961, has good-sized rooms, but limited usefulness for today’s practising style. Her new premises w... Sat, 13 Apr 2019 10:19:02 +1200 http://www.waimatemedical.nz/blog/#post39480 http://www.waimatemedical.nz/blog/post/15198/Waimatebuzzingwith-anticipation-for-new-medical-centre/ Matthew Littlewood, Timaru Herald, Dec 21 2018 A brand new close-to-$2 million medical centre in Waimate is now open to the public.The new single-storey building at 84 Queen St is home to a medical centre, pharmacy and ambulance bay, all internally linked.  The centre opened on Thursday and Waimate Medical Centre owner-operator Dr Sarah Creegan said the staff were "absolutely fizzing" with anticipation.  Read more here... Sat, 13 Apr 2019 10:14:13 +1200 http://www.waimatemedical.nz/blog/#post15198