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Wellington Hospital's child cancer unit has been saved after being threatened by a shortage of specialist medical staff.
After months of uncertainty, the Capital and Coast DHB has secured two specialists from Germany to ensure the service continues.
The resignation of two doctors in the department last year and problems finding replacements put the future of the hospital's child cancer services in doubt. Since the middle of last year more than 20 children have had to be sent to other centres for treatment.
- Newstalk ZB
