All major hospitals in Auckland build more specialist rooms
Negative pressure rooms prevent Covid-19 Delta virus spreading to other areas.
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Can you visit your loved ones in hospital under Level 4? It depends where you live
Some hospitals allow two visitors, others one support person in "extreme" circumstances.
Ministry of Health keeps quiet on DHB staff vaccination rates
The deadline for DHBs to know this information was August 31.
Exclusive: Outbreak response hampered by DHBs flying blind on staff vaccination
The problem "presented a barrier to rapidly and safely deploying staff", an email reveals.
Middlemore staffer has Covid-19
Middlemore Hospital Covid-19 case has been confirmed today.
Revealed: Auckland DHBs didn't want lockdown vaccination pause
The Herald understands Auckland DHBs didn't recommend a vaccination pause.
Health Minister Andrew Little on planned nurses' strike
Midwives and nurses gear up to walk off the job on Thursday.
Midwives strike: Eight-hour rolling strikes begin today
Midwives in Auckland and Northland will be the first to walk off the job today.
Covid-19: Two new arrivals, person in MIQ taken to hospital
Counties Manukau DHB said the travellers did not have Covid but required same protocols.
Exclusive: 30,000 overdue for hospital treatment
One major DHB warned its ophthalmology delays risked people going blind.
Four new Covid cases in MIQ as mass vaccination event draws to a close
The Ministry of Health is due to issue a Covid-19 update at 1pm.
Covid-infected UN worker flown from Fiji in 'dedicated, secure' ICU
There are no new cases of Covid-19 today and two new cases in managed isolation.
Inside the Fiji mercy flight: How infected UN staffer was 'cocooned'
The gravely-ill woman is now being treated in a dedicated, secure intensive care unit.
Revealed: 'Deeply concerning' vaccination rates vary across NZ
In one district Māori are being vaccinated at a quarter of the national rate.
Counties Manukau DHB reviews decision to close after-hours clinic
Community backlash has prompted a review of the decision to close the after-hours clinic.
Rest home complaints: Unexplained bruising, leg fractures, bad food and cockroaches
Close to 100 rest home complaints have been fully or partially upheld since 2020.
Exclusive: Measles warning as nappies-for-jabs scheme fails
"Measles is way more infectious than Covid. It would be easy for measles to come back."
Mental health for new mums: Minister orders 'stocktake'
The Herald quizzes the Associate Health Minister about plans for the struggling sector.
'Emotionally and mentally destroyed': Girl's brain tumour missed for 5 months
It happened despite the parents begging doctors to take daughter's symptoms seriously.
No consent: Middlemore Hospital works halted
Hospital battles to find beds for sick babies and children as improvements halted.
'It looks horrible': Hospitals flooded with breathless babies battling RSV virus
Wellington Hospital has seen more than 20 babies due to the spread of a RSV virus.
Crowded hospital: Sick babies put in playroom
Building work coincides with spike in respiratory illnesses to put more pressure on beds.
Babies with burning temperatures forced to wait on hospital floor
Experts warn hospital visits for flu-like illnesses are skyrocketing like never before.
One new Covid MIQ case, confusion over patient in hospital's ICU clarified
Ministry clarifies Covid patient was in ICU but is now out.
Auckland Covid case out of ICU, remains in hospital
The Ministry of Health revealed the change on its website yesterday afternoon.
MIQ patient admitted to Middlemore Hospital with Covid, pneumonia
The patient is described as being in a "moderate but stable" condition.
Live: 30,000 Nurses strike DHBs reduce services as staff walk out
Non-urgent surgery and outpatient clinics cancelled as nurses walk off the job.
An unexplained death in Remuera: What happened to Pauline Hanna?
Who was Pauline Hanna and what happened to her?
North Shore Hospital plunged into darkness overnight, patients redirected
North Shore Hospital was without power for four hours overnight.
2020 stocktake found health IT systems vulnerable
The DHBs also lacked skilled IT staff to focus on security, a report found.
Pauline Hanna 'horrendously stressed' before unexplained death: stepson
Pauline Hanna's family say they've been 'going through hell'.
'Staff are burned out': Auckland hospitals overloaded, patients in corridors
Overload means patients in corridors or transferred out of Auckland, ambulances queuing.
Health chief's Remuera death unexplained one month later
A month has gone by since Remuera woman Pauline Hanna, 63, was found dead in her home.
'A shocking thing': Family seen taking face masks from bin
"It makes your stomach turn over but people are poor and they're desperate."