Salute to the Pōhutukawa and the West Coast.
It’s Christmas. I’m touring the north Island with family in tow. Blooming pōhutukawa line the Coromandel coastline. I’m curious about its evolution, uniquely suited to the landscape, shaped by millennia of slow and steady adaptations. Courageously reaching for the coral sea. The New Zealand Christmas tree. I wondered how many versions of the Christmas tree...
Time to surgery: Comparison between rural and metropolitan hospitals.
Another great read from Otago Universities LOFP. Researchers compared the length of time to receive surgery, the proportion that receive surgery within national guidelines and the corresponding mortality rates at 30 and 120 days for patients who present to the DHB’s rural hospitals vs Waikato hospital. Patients who presented...