There has been a serious opposition raised by the nurses group against the proposed plans of shutting down the specialist maternity services in Wanganui Hospital and transferring them to Palmerston North. According to them, this we put havoc on women, babies and their families in the area.

As per recent reports, it has been revealed that maternity unit at Wanganui Hospital is facing acute shortage of staff. This has raised concerns among the general population that the services can be closed permanently.

Breast cancer is indeed a global issue and that’s why awareness for the same has been called for by many health experts for a long time. As the breast cancer awareness month is running, voices are being heard to come forward to escalate the rate of screening test.

The Alcohol and Advisory Council (ALAC) is recommending the doctors of New Zealand to encourage the usage of `screening tool' so as to have a close check on the drinking habits of the patients and help them know about the side-effects of excess alcoholism.

Recently, it has been discovered that whooping cough has become an epidemic in New Zealand. With one confirmed case and six probable cases of whooping cough in Wanganui, Health Authorities confirm this to be an epidemic nationwide.

On this Friday in Wanganui, a march will highlight the International Midwives Day and raise awareness for the problem of the lack of trained and qualified midwifes in New Zealand and around the world. According to the organization Save the Children, over 300,000 midwives are missing, which leads to yearly millions of newborn and maternal deaths worldwide.