What does a D food grade rating mean? Delectable? Maybe not.
Council inspectors have found a number of food places that have not met food hygiene standards and have been 'slapped' with a D grade food hygiene rating this month. Some of which you will find are in our own backyard.
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Alongside our friends from Pasefika Family Health Group and South Seas Healthcare, we bring to you our final 'hoorah' for the year. Prep for the festive season and come see us at the Henderson LDS Church (159 Universal Drive). There will be gifts, vouchers, health packs and more for all completed vaccinations (Covid-19 and Flu vaccines available).
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Our system of support for disabled people has definitely come a long way. But, we are still a long way off from catering correctly to the needs of disable people without it being such a task to ask for (or the fact it even has to be asked for).
Teuila Fuata'i shares Lusi Faiva's story who lives with cerebral palsy. She explains what she has had to (and continues to) fight for, things that a majority of us don't take a second thought about carrying out daily. Being able to live a full life still seems distant.
Click here to read the full article.
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Baderdrive Doctors alongside the Cook Islands Health Advisory Group & Cook Islands Religious Advisory Council will be hosting a vaccination drive through event this Saturday 30/04/2022 at the Mangere Market (Orly Avenue entrance). All Covid19 vaccine doses welcome (adult & children). There will be giveaways and spot prizes throughout the day.
Please note: If you have tested positive for Covid19 recently you will need to wait 3 months before being able to receive your vaccine.
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Easter 2022 Opening Hours
Baderdrive doctors will be closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday across both clinics. Our Mangere clinic will be open on Saturday 16/04/2022 for vaccinations and medical services. We will re-open as normal from Tuesday 19th April 2022. Please see below for after hours care. Look after one another over the Easter break and stay safe!
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Get your flu jab now!
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With the winter season soon approaching, the flu (influenza) vaccine is now available. It is the best defence from the flu this winter!
The flu jab is available for all, and is offered free for those most at risk of getting very sick:
Please Note:- You will need to wait three months after testing positive for Covid19 before you are able to have your Covid19 vaccination.
Easter Vaccination Event
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Call the clinic to book an appointment for your vaccination on 09 275 8598. All vaccinations are available by appointment only.
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Baderdrive Doctors now offers Covid-19 Vaccines
We are no longer accepting walk-ins, if you would like to see a doctor, please call to book an appointment.
Baderdrive Doctors now offers video (fees apply).
Please call us on 09 275 8598 for any medical concerns.
If you suspect you have the Coronavirus, you must inform our staff over the phone and they will direct you on what you need to do.
Choose the "Book an appointment" button below to book an appointment.
BOOK AN APPOINTMENT FOR A VIDEO CONSULT
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How to make a booking at the South Auckland vaccination centre
If it is your turn to receive the Covid-19 vaccine & you wish to have this done in South Auckland, please see below on how to make a booking.
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Baderdrive Doctors has put together a plan in response to the uncertainty of Covid-19 in our community, please see below. Depending on the Alert Level we are in, our hours and level of activity are adjusted accordingly. At all Alert Levels we are not allowing walk-ins so please call the clinic for an appointment.
Covid-19 Level Action Plan
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Special travel advice for travelers entering Samoa
Due to the emergence and rapid transmission of COVID19 variant detected and identified in the UK and South Africa, the Ministry of Health in Samoa have issued travel advice for all persons wanting to enter Samoa, issued on the 11th of January, 2021.
If you or someone you know is wanting to travel to Samoa, it is important that you read the following information.
Click here to find out more.
Christmas & New Years Clinic Hours
Our Mangere clinic will be open during the Christmas and New Years holiday season with limited hours. Our Manurewa clinic will be closed from Friday 25th December 2020 to Sunday 10th January 2021 and will re-open on Monday 11th January 2021.
All clinics will return to normal opening and closing hours from Monday 11th January, 2021.
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We would like to take this time to congratulate Anae Dr Neru Leavasa who has become the first ever MP for Takanini!
Dr Leavasa has been part of the Baderdrive Doctors family for a number of years as a much loved GP and although we are sad to see him leave, we are very proud to say how happy we are for him and the amazing position he has taken up!
Both patients and fellow staff will miss him. We wish Neru all the best in this new journey of service to the community.
Follow the link to Anae Dr Neru Leavasa's maiden speech.
Anae Dr Neru Leavasa's Maiden Speech
Telehealth Explained
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Virtual Telehealth Appointment
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According to the WHO (World Health Organisation) - in 2016, more than half of the 56.9 million deaths worldwide were attributed to the top 10 causes of death. Two of which were ischaemic heart disease and stroke.
A number of leading causes have remained in the top 10 for the last 15 years and although this is an account of global data, much relates to the health issues we are experiencing here in our own community.
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The top 10 causes of death
A great parenting programme that is now available to you in the Counties Manukau area for free. This programme offers a range of courses aiming to help make life easier for you as a parent or caregiver.
Click here to find out more.
Triple P Parenting Programme
Our Mangere clinic will be open during the Christmas and New Years holiday season with reduced hours.
Our Manurewa clinic will be closed from Monday 23rd December 2019 to Friday 3rd January 2020.
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Christmas & New Years Clinic Hours
As of the 20th of September 2019, there have been 1,151 confirmed cases of measles this year (ARPHS (Auckland Regional Public Health Service )).
Baderdrive Doctors understands the increase in concern in the community surrounding the measles outbreak, so to help you, we have made a list of a few important things to know.
Click here to read more.
Professor and paediatrician Dawn Elder of the University of Otago, writes about the different lenses one should look through when trying to understand and address the problem of Family Violence.
In Elder's article in the New Zealand Medical Journal - she acknowledges that New Zealand has a huge problem with Family Violence and looks at it from a health point of view - the different types of violence a child may experience, the resulting effects and behavioural comparisons once a child is removed from such settings.
To read more, click here.
We currently have a vacant position for a Practice Nurse (full/part time).
To apply - follow the link below or send your CV through to [email protected]
Click here to read more.
Role is now filled!
Samoa's health ministry says the deaths of two babies last year were caused by nurses mixing the wrong liquid with MMR vaccines.
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Each year influenza kills hundreds of New Zealanders, withthree deaths already this season. In the fifth in a series on vaccine- preventable diseases, Farah Hancock looks at how you get the flu, what it does and why influenza viruses are a tricky moving target for vaccine makers.
Farah Hancock from the Newsroom reports.
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Queen's Birthday Holiday
we're
Sorry,
Closed
Both Baderdrive Doctors Mangere & Manurewa sites will be closed on the following date:
Monday 03/06/2019
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Easter & ANZAC Holidays
we're
Sorry,
Closed
Both Baderdrive Doctors Mangere & Manurewa sites will be closed on the following dates:
Friday 19/04/2019
Monday 22/04/2019
Thursday 25/04/2019
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Damon Salesa: Pākehā are Pacific Island people too
Associate Professor Toeolesulusulu Damon Salesa is the University of Auckland’s first Pro Vice Chancellor Pacific.Of Samoan-Pālagi descent, Salesa has become a leading author and historian of Pacific studies and race relations. He is also the first person of Pacific Island descent to become a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University.
In an interview with Newsroom, Salesa discusses his new role, and why New Zealand needs to embrace its position as a leading Pacific nation.
He also touches on Auckland’s growth as a Pacific city, and how the school decile system, “white flight” and the Don Brashes of the world are detrimental to a healthy and productive New Zealand.
Click here to read more.
Our Mangere clinic will be open during the Christmas and New Years holiday season with limited hours.
Our Manurewa clinic will be closed from Monday 24th December 2018 to Friday 4th January 2019.
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Christmas & New Years Clinic Hours
Has the ‘New Zealand dream’ turned sour for Auckland's Pacific Islanders? Touted as the world’s most Polynesian city, Pacific Islanders make up 15% of Auckland’s population. But does the dream of a better life match reality?
Eleanor Ainge Roy reports.
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The "New Zealand Dream"
Request Repeat Prescriptions online!
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Patients enrolled at Baderdrive Doctors who are taking long term medications can now request a prescription online.
On his recent return from the Sports Medicine NZ Conference in Nelson, Anae Dr Neru Leavasa couldn't help but appreciate the history of doping in sport and the current regulations that try to keep sports clean from prohibited drugs.
Anae Dr Neru Leavasa reports.
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Doping in Sport
We know that your housing circumstances can have a major impact on your health and general well-being.
A year after the coalition Government took office, its flagship housing plan KiwiBuild is barely off the ground. At this year’s Bruce Jesson Memorial lecture, Monte Cecilia Housing Trust’s Bernie Smith argued KiwiBuild’s flaws not only perpetuate housing unaffordability, but cause further intergenerational social problems.
Teuila Fuatai reports.
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KiwiBuild: a ‘community trainwreck’
Whats been happening in South Auckland workplaces over the last year? Michelle Fasi investigates.
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21/09/2018
We have re-launched our Sports Clinic.
Injure yourself over the weekend playing sports? Make an appointment with Anae Dr Neru Leavasa's Sports Clinic is open on Mondays from 1pm - 5pm.
Whether you are an elite athlete or a social team player, we are here to support your recovery from injury or even support your sporting career with medical advice and guidance.
Click here for more information.
Baderdrive Doctors Sports Clinic
3/09/2018
Rheumatic fever is a serious but preventable illness. It mainly affects Pacific and Māori children and young people (aged 4 to 19 years), and starts from a sore throat.
Click here fore more information from Dr Siro Fuatai.
Rheumatic Fever
Matt Johnson, a promising rugby star, had rheumatic fever as a child and openly shares his experience with this illness - from having a sore throat one moment to having an emergency open heart surgery the next.
To read more of his experience, click
here.
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20/08/2018
Matt Johnson's story...
What is Tuberculosis (TB)?
Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection that can be simply passed by an infected person sneezing, coughing or spitting and you inhaling it. Sometimes there are no symptoms and other times there are.Follow the link below to become better informed on everything there is to know about TB and what to look out for.
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Anae Dr Neru Leavasa asks " Why are our Maori and Pacific people still over represented in health statistics?" Spiritual health might be the key in unlocking the benefits of health overall.
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06/08/2018
One big step for the migrant dream
On a proud day for Lupe Kaufusi's parents, they got to see their daughter graduate from the same business school they both clean at. Teuila Fuatai reports.
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Bowel screening every two years can help save lives
Bowel screening every two years can help save lives by detecting bowel cancer early when it can often be successfully treated.The National Screening Unit are offering a free screening programme in Counties Manukau every two years to men & women aged 64-70 years who are elegible for publicly funded healthcare.For more information on the eligibility criteria phone 0800 924 432 or click here.
It is time to screen! :)
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12/01/2018
The Practice Nurse will contact you regarding your tests results ONLY if they are abnormal:
You will be notified of any abnormal test result that is life threatening IMMEDIATELY. This will require you to come in to the clinic for an urgent assessment with the Doctor.
The Practice will call your contact numbers
If you are not contactable; then a community health worker will be sent out to your home
If you are required to go to the hospital for treatment then the clinic will arrange (where appropriate) for an ambulance to take you from your home directly to the hospital
For all other non life-threatening abnormal test results, you will be contacted by the Practice Nurse to make an appointment to come in for a review with the Doctor either by a:
For ALL normal test results you will not be informed routinely however you can call the clinic on (275 8598) and leave a message (option 4) for the Practice Nurse.
The voicemail is cleared every day (Mon-Fri) at 10am and 2pm.
Stroke: New Zealand’s preventable $3 billion problem
Stroke is the most common cause of permanent disability, costing the country an estimated $3 billion each year. This week, a nationwide campaign to raise awareness around the condition kicks off! Teuila Fuatai reports.
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20/03/2017
Please note that Baderdrive Doctors will be increasing its consultation fee for enrolled patients to $18.00 beginning April 1st 2017. Additional changes to fees will be introduced including an increase in fees for weekend consultations.
Click here for more information.
Stroke: New Zealand’s preventable $3 billion problem
Stroke is the most common cause of permanent disability, costing the country an estimated $3 billion each year. This week, a nationwide campaign to raise awareness around the condition kicks off! Teuila Fuatai reports.
Click here to read more.
20/03/2017
Please note that Baderdrive Doctors will be increasing its consultation fee for enrolled patients to $18.00 beginning April 1st 2017. Additional changes to fees will be introduced including an increase in fees for weekend consultations.
Click here for more information.
Advances in research and technology have put hospital physicians at the forefront of modern-day medical miracles. But has it been to the detriment of our grassroots healthcare?
Teuila Fuatai reports.
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