Waimea Weekly Locally Owned and Operated
Wednesday 17 March 2021
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New boss, new healthcare initiatives Jenny Nicholson Reporter
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Hailing from the deep south, Nelson Marlborough Health’s (NMH) Chief Executive Lexie
O’Shea comes to the position with experience having been chief operating officer and deputy chief executive of Southland’s hospitals during Invercargill Hospital’s rebuild. Plans to rebuild Nelson Hospi-
tal have been in the pipeline for more than a decade but are now supposed to get underway this term of government. Lexie says the rebuild is exciting and she is committed to working to the timeframe set by the Minister
of Health. “The hospital rebuild is important but it’s not a twoyear event,” says Lexie. “So we are looking at changes in the interim. It’s amazing how creative and cost effective we can be. Administration offices are being re-
located creating space for clinical services.” Lexie is passionate about health promotion and preventing the need for hospital care where
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Friends team up for race of their lives pip Little, Lee McMurtrie and ariana Walker (Brightwater) competed in last weekend’s inaugural summer Challenge. Photo: Jonty Dine.
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