Real Passion

We were thrilled to join the Health Minister Tony Ryall and the Medibank team to celebrate the 2.5 millionth Healthline call this month. The Minister visited the Healthline offices and presented flowers to Frith Walker who took the 2.5 millionth call.

Healthline General Manager Davis Lemke welcomed the Health Minister to the celebration although the show was most definitely stolen by Emily Cotton, a young girl whose life was saved by the Healthline service. She delighted staff, guests and media with her great appreciation for the cake – before and after she cut it with the Minister.

Well done to all at Healthline on 11 years of great service. It's great to be part of your story.

It’s not yet the end of January and already the first campaign we’ve produced wholly in 2012 is up and running. Measles-Free Summer is a Ministry of Health initiative to promote measles immunisations among teenagers and adults.

Delivered on Facebook, the Measles-Free Sumer campaign promotes the many exciting things that you can do in the Kiwi summer – from Big Day Out to the Auckland Lantern Festival – and how gutting it would be to miss out because of measles.

Already the campaign has reached over 200,000 Kiwis encouraging them to get immunised and make sure they don’t miss out on summer. Check it out for yourself at www.facebook.com/measles.free.summer.