Dr Heike Detjen and practice manager Jo Cuff have been operating for the last 18 months offering medical and surgical skin cancer care, as well as cosmetic medicine procedures. They recently welcomed Marie Olsen to their team, an experienced theatre and general practice nurse. Originally from Germany, Dr Heike came to New Zealand as a junior doctor over 20 years ago. She worked for several years at Whangarei Hospital before moving into family [Read More]
Use Isolation to Self-Check
Simon Cottam is a typical outdoorloving kiwi bloke,a bit of a character and he’s got a message. “We are all in lockdown at the moment to avoid catching Covid-19, which is killing people. Melanoma kills 500 New Zealanders a year, yet we continue to go out in the sun and not have skin check-ups.” The self-employed builder has suffered a double whammy; he'd just finished 6 weeks of work due to three surgeries and subsequent infections due to the [Read More]