Small Southland Town Chases Nurse Funding

Southland town fundraising to keep local nurse

Nightcaps Medical Centre is facing losing its nurse. Photo: Google Maps The small Southland town of Nightcaps is hoping to raise more than $15,000 to keep a nurse at the local medical centre.

Small Southland Town Chases Nurse Funding

Nightcaps is trying to hold onto its nurse — but the fundraiser has barely started and locals haven't felt the pinch yet.The Nightcaps Medical Centre has had nursing services for 35 years. WellSouth Primary Health Network funded a nurse for 20 hours a week until March. Now that funding is gone. The Otautau Medical Trust has stepped in to cover 10 hours a week, but Nightcaps Community Medical Trust chair James Dixon needs more than $15,000 to res…