Southern DHB extends thanks to its staff and the community

Southern DHB extends its thanks to its staff and the community

Southern DHB would like to extend its thanks to its staff and the community following the flooding yesterday. The Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) was activated yesterday afternoon to coordinate support for staff and patients affected by the flooding.

Southern DHB has worked with Radius Fulton residential home in managing issues with the facility due to flooding in the vicinity. The DHB and Radius Fulton were assisted by the Red Cross.

Residents were transferred to other residential care facilities in the city, nineteen hospital and dementia level residents were transferred to Dunedin and Wakari Hospitals and some residents were cared for by family members in the community.

The remaining 33 residents were clean, dry, safe and warm in an isolated area of the facility overnight. A Southern DHB Nursing Director remained on-site overnight to offer support and advice to Radius Fulton staff.

Southern DHB staff will continue to work with Radius Fulton today, who has senior management on site, to safely move patients to suitable alternative care facilities.

“The DHB thanks everyone who worked above and beyond yesterday and during the night, to keep our very vulnerable older people and community safe and dry, in Dunedin. It was a huge task and everyone did a fantastic job” said Southern DHB Executive Director of Patient Services, Lexie O’Shea.

Dunedin Hospital experienced some minor flooding in the lower ground loading dock due to a city main being blocked as well as leaks in various buildings of the Dunedin Hospital campus which are being assessed and repaired as soon as possible. This number of leaks was consistent with the level of rain which fell yesterday. Hospital services have been unaffected, with business as usual in all areas. Patient clinics and surgery are proceeding as planned today and the EOC was closed at 11:15am.

ENDS

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