Residents of an understaffed rest home near Christchurch suffered from dehydration and weight loss, according to an official audit.

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Sizable aftershocks are continuing to shake Christchurch today, as the Prime Minister says authorities need time to sort out what parts of the city will be abandoned due to quake damage.

Timaru Hospital has been closed to visitors while a suspected norovirus outbreak is contained.

Canterbury DHB chief executive David Meates has invoked memories of Hurricane Katrina to justify evacuating hundreds of elderly out of the Christchurch in the wake of last week's earthquake.

More than 300 elderly people have been moved from quake-damaged residential care centres in Christchurch, some without the knowledge of their families, Canterbury District Health Board (DHB) has admitted.

There have been 22 cases of gastroenteritis since the Christchurch earthquake.

Midwives are being sought in Christchurch as the number of premature births rises in the wake of Tuesday's earthquake.

An Australian army field hospital is set to be turned into a community health centre as authorities work to prevent a medical crisis in Christchurch.

Misery in the form of illness struck earthquake-ravaged Christchurch this afternoon, with the closure of one of the three welfare centres in the city.

Christchurch hospitals are busy but coping as patient numbers swell from the earthquake.

North Island hospitals are receiving Christchurch earthquake victims and plan to send specialists to help in the devastated city.