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![Wrangling the waitlist: Hospital pumps $9m into cardiac care](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Wrangling the waitlist: Hospital pumps $9m into cardiac care
It comes as second heart care laboratory opens at the hospital, meaning fewer transfers.
![Tauranga Hospital mental health unit to be upgraded](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Tauranga Hospital mental health unit to be upgraded
The revamp will not happen until the hospital's future site is known.
![Hospitals discharging some very ill disabled people too early](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Hospitals discharging some very ill disabled people too early
Two severely disabled people in residential care were sent home from hospital still sick.
!['Not doing enough': Dentist calls for Govt to prioritise dental health](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
'Not doing enough': Dentist calls for Govt to prioritise dental health
Surgery wait times are affecting children's health, families and society.
!['Unrealistic': Patients outnumber GPs by more than 1000 to one](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
'Unrealistic': Patients outnumber GPs by more than 1000 to one
Plus tips on how to manage your GP appointments.
![Court of last resort: Sacked hospital worker's appeal bid denied](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Court of last resort: Sacked hospital worker's appeal bid denied
Ana Shaw objected to a large legal costs bill; now it's higher after losing appeal bid.
![Hospital locked down after attack on ED worker](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Hospital locked down after attack on ED worker
A 28-year-old man was charged with assault following early-morning incident.
![$49,000 in legal costs for financially strained worker](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
$49,000 in legal costs for financially strained worker
Court orders sacked hospital worker to pay DHB almost $49,000 in legal costs
![Angry worker allegedly dubbed a 'wildebeest' maintains system 'corrupt'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Angry worker allegedly dubbed a 'wildebeest' maintains system 'corrupt'
'No darling, this is not losing' - sacked hospital worker loses bid to appeal decision.
![10,000 allied health workers walk off the job](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
10,000 allied health workers walk off the job
Today's strike comes after more than 18 months of negotiations.
![Some could 'lose their lives': 72 people waiting for mental health support at DHB](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Some could 'lose their lives': 72 people waiting for mental health support at DHB
Two patients have died in the past six years before treatment.
!['Like a dark blanket that covers your life': Depressed mum 'not critical enough' for support](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
'Like a dark blanket that covers your life': Depressed mum 'not critical enough' for support
"She looks at me and goes 'mummy do you not want me any more?'"
![Doctors told her she was just overweight - turns out, she had ovarian cancer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Doctors told her she was just overweight - turns out, she had ovarian cancer
'Something needs to change, you can't just push it away as women's problems.'
![NZ's deadliest week: 23 new Covid deaths, 104 so far this week](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
NZ's deadliest week: 23 new Covid deaths, 104 so far this week
More than 350 people have now died with Covid-19 in New Zealand.
![Live: Person in 20s one of 9 Covid deaths today - 14,463 cases, 1000 people hospitalised](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Live: Person in 20s one of 9 Covid deaths today - 14,463 cases, 1000 people hospitalised
The person in their 20s who died was NZ's second youngest Covid-related death.
![The region where kids make up a third of Covid hospitalisations](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
The region where kids make up a third of Covid hospitalisations
But children often responded 'quickly' to treatment, the board says.
![DHB board member roles scrapped three months before term ends](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
DHB board member roles scrapped three months before term ends
Time is ticking for DHB board members who won't be needed come July 1.
!['Huge pressure': Hospital at 93 per cent capacity as Omicron surges](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
'Huge pressure': Hospital at 93 per cent capacity as Omicron surges
But the Health Minister says he is 'confident' hospitals were prepared for the outbreak.
!['Let me come back': Man no longer allowed to work at hospital](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
'Let me come back': Man no longer allowed to work at hospital
He sold coffee beans at Tauranga Hospital for two years, one day they asked him to leave.
!['Struggling to tread water': GPs battle burnout and doctor shortage](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
'Struggling to tread water': GPs battle burnout and doctor shortage
Bay of Plenty general practices face doctor burnout and vacancy-filling issues.
!['Living in fear': Pregnant women face 'super stressful' battle to find midwives](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
'Living in fear': Pregnant women face 'super stressful' battle to find midwives
The woman says she 'wouldn't wish the stress' of finding a midwife on anyone.