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In mid-May 2021, the Waikato District Health Board's hospital computer systems and phone lines were affected by a ransomware attack. [2] On 25 May, an unidentified group claimed responsibility for the hack and issued an ultimatum to the Waikato DHB, having obtained sensitive data about patients, staff and finances. [3]
Waikato Hospital is a major regional hospital in Hamilton, New Zealand. It provides specialised and emergency healthcare [ 2 ] for the Midlands and Waikato area with patients referred there from feeder hospitals like Whakatāne , Lakes area, Tauranga , Thames , Tokoroa and Rotorua .
In mid-May 2021 hospital computer systems and phone lines run by the Waikato District Health Board (DHB) in New Zealand were affected by a ransomware attack. On 25 May, an unidentified group claimed responsibility for the hack and issued an ultimatum to the Waikato DHB, having obtained sensitive data about patients, staff and finances.
In August 2018, Clark appointed Sally Webb, already the chair of Bay of Plenty DHB, as chairperson for Waikato DHB. At the same time, a Crown Monitor was appointed at Waikato. [ 53 ] On 7 May 2019, Clark sacked the board of Waikato DHB and installed Dr Karen Poutasi as a commissioner.
Heart disease death rates in rural America are rising among younger people, increasing the rural-urban divide, according to research in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
The district health board (DHB) system had three predecessors: the Area Health Boards (1983–1989), the Regional Health Authorities and Crown Health Enterprises (1993–1997), and the Health Funding Authority (HFA) and Hospital and Health Services (1998–2001).
This amount included $11.1 billion to address the cost pressures of the previous district health board system and $2.1 billion to set up the two new health entities. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] On 1 July 2022, Health New Zealand formally launched as Te Whatu Ora, with the new entity assuming responsibility for all hospitals and health services formerly run ...
The Waikato Hospital Board grew too large for the building and moved out in 1935, with the building passing into commercial use. James Treloar sold milking machine equipment to the local farming community from the site for about two decades. Hamilton Lighthouse and Wilsons Sports Centre were also tenants during this period.