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Wānaka cancer patient raises $400k to get cutting-edge treatment in China
Emma Holden, 36, will soon travel to Shanghai, China for cutting-edge cancer treatment.
Usual care won’t be impacted by emergency exercise at hospital
Health NZ and ambulance service test tent's capacity in emergency shake-down.
Opinion: Why I left NZ for Australia – I love my country, but it doesn’t value nurses
OPINION: I clocked out of most shifts exhausted, feeling guilt and anxiety for patients.
Watch: The best and worst-performing hospital EDs in NZ revealed
Official information reveals the best and worst performing hospital emergency departments.
One person transported to hospital after crash in Karapiro
One person was transported to Waikato Hospital.
'I am alive’: Teen rescued after waterfall disaster shares recovery from horror injuries
Maia Johnston has listed her horror injuries in an update video.
Simeon Brown opens ward at North Shore Hospital
Health Minister Simeon Brown opens ward at North Shore Hospital. Video / Alex Burton
‘Totally bizarre’: Kiwi woman puzzled by unexpected cholera diagnosis
Health officials say the non-toxigenic strain poses no public health risk.
Neighbour opposing apartment block wins concession from Metlifecare
'I will need to either purchase privacy blinds or live in my bedroom,' the neighbour said.
Woman 'really lucky' obstetrician available for emergency caesarean
‘Baby could die – those were her words.'
Property Insider: Fixing Ryman’s sinking Edmund Hillary hub; Britomart revitalisation turning 20
Site was rubbish dump, says boss of Mainmark, drilling through floor slabs up to 4m down.
Far North woman petitions for better healthcare after 160km ambulance ride
The petition urges the Government to expand or build a new Kaitāia Hospital.
Opinion: Health system in crisis – this must be Govt's top Budget priority
OPINION: New Zealanders need a healthcare system that works for everyone.
‘Awful situation’: Edmund Hillary village residents complain about sinking hub
Residents didn't expect retirement living to involve what feels like a construction site.
Prison staffer hospitalised with serious injuries after altercation with five inmates
The prisoners refused to return to their cells on Sunday evening.
Lightning strike at Waikato Hospital affected pagers, internet, fire system
'At no point in time was there any disruption to the delivery of patient care.'
‘Relevelling work’ at Remuera’s giant Edmund Hillary village centre, floors became uneven
'We didn’t sign up for living in the middle of a construction zone with constant noise.'
‘You almost feel trapped’: Living with chronic lung disease
Aimee Carruthers, 41, relies on a 7kg oxygen tank due to a rare lung condition.
Assisted dying: Patient’s wish to die in hospice denied by policy
A business in Wellington offered a space for the 44-year-old patient to die.
94 years after quake: The heroic nurses inside a makeshift tea kiosk hospital
Between 1.30pm and 10pm, 60 operations were performed.
Fears older people being let down by Dunedin Hospital revamp
The Government confirmed the new Dunedin Hospital will open with 351 beds.
‘I just want to come home’: Woman, 83, distraught by transfer delays after major surgery
Marsha Cashmore waited for days without her family to be sent home to Hawke's Bay.
Govt invests $67m in Hawke's Bay Hospital upgrades
The radiology department will be upgraded, and a new cancer treatment machine added.
'Significant clinical risk': Dargaville Hospital rostered overnight doctor only five out of 55 nights
A senior Northland doctor is worried about a lack of medical staff.
Auckland Hospital faces 10-hour water shutdown for urgent repairs
Water will be off in building 32, which includes operating theatres, from 6pm.
Opinion: Private hospitals ease the health burden, they're not adversaries
OPINION: Private hospitals perform 67% of all elective surgeries in this country.
‘Postcode lottery’: Audit probes surgery access disparities
Health NZ will be audited due to soaring surgery wait lists.