Shalu Jain is a Clinical Nurse Specialist here at Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora MidCentral. Her role supports our Diabetes and Endocrinology Service and offers care to patients suffering from diabetes in the Palmerston North Regional Hospital and the community. She also runs nurse led outreach clinics in Dannevirke regularly and mentors budding healthcare professionals from different nursing and medical colleges across the country.

Grace Laws is a Diabetes Specialist Dietitian here at Te Whatu Ora MidCentral. Her role involves supporting patients in managing their diabetes and any other medical conditions through medical nutrition therapy.

Olivia De Groot is a Trainee Respiratory Physiology Technician at Palmerston North Regional Hospital. She is a part of our Ambulatory Care team, and her work involves performing spirometry and other fundamental respiratory testing for our patients. She is also responsible for all the respiratory testing equipment in the laboratory and ensures that all the equipment is well maintained and assists her team with research, documentation and maintenance of laboratory accreditation.

Stella Owen-Brown is a Clinical Sleep Physiologist Trainee at Palmerston North Regional Hospital. Her role involves accurately diagnosing and treating our patients suffering from various sleep disorders.

Lindsay Bedser is a Lead Clinical Respiratory Physiologist at Palmerston North Hospital. Her role involves managing the operations of our Pulmonary Function Testing Laboratory, ensuring that all the tests performed meet high quality and equipment calibration standards, as per international guidelines. She is also responsible for mentoring her team members in their professional journeys and helping them with various education and research opportunities.

Dr Kamal Subedi is a Gastroenterologist at Palmerston North Hospital. His role specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases affecting the digestive system and liver. He provides care for all our patients with Gastrointestinal (GI) tract conditions.

Donna Johnson is a registered nurse in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Palmerston North Hospital. Her role supports the patients and their whānau in their most difficult moments. Whether it’s providing critical care to those who are fighting for their lives or offering bereavement services to whānau who have lost their loved ones. She also plays a vital role as one of the link nurses for Organ Donation New Zealand in the ICU, where she helps and provides advice the organ donation process to patients’ whānau.

Camille Zarate is an Associate Charge Nurse in Medical Assessment & Planning Unit (MAPU) at Palmerston North Hospital. Her role involves the facilitation of patients from the point they arrive in the Emergency Department (ED), until their admission into the appropriate ward. She also has the opportunity to mentor new nurses in her team, helping them on their journey to become successful healthcare professionals.