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![Health watchdog taking years to investigate complaints - amid ‘significant pressure’](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Health watchdog taking years to investigate complaints - amid ‘significant pressure’
Covid backlog, ancient IT system part of problem, but upgrade request for latter rejected.
![Ministry of Health confirms final job cut tally](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Ministry of Health confirms final job cut tally
The Ministry of Health held an all-staff meeting on the plan this morning.
!['It was truly awful': Witness rushed to help child hit by vehicle](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
'It was truly awful': Witness rushed to help child hit by vehicle
The incident happened just after 3pm on Tuesday.
![Man suffering heart attack told he had chest infection, 2hr wait for ambulance](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Man suffering heart attack told he had chest infection, 2hr wait for ambulance
A St John call operator told the man he had a chest infection.
![Child critically injured after being struck by vehicle in Canterbury](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Child critically injured after being struck by vehicle in Canterbury
The child was transported to Christchurch Hospital in a critical condition.
![Rescuer runs into Lake Taupō to save driver, then performs CPR](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Rescuer runs into Lake Taupō to save driver, then performs CPR
An arborist trained in CPR says he and others went into 'reactive mode' to save the man.
![Woman dies from stage four cancer after DHB's systemic failures](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Woman dies from stage four cancer after DHB's systemic failures
The post-menopausal woman had been bleeding on and off for five years.
!['Jump the queue': C-section private surgery quota at Auckland Hospital ongoing dispute](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
'Jump the queue': C-section private surgery quota at Auckland Hospital ongoing dispute
The proposed rules come after years of tension centred on high c-section rates.
![Homicide investigation launched after 10-month-old baby dies](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Homicide investigation launched after 10-month-old baby dies
'We believe these injuries were not accidental.'
![When Covid and the flu collide – is our healthcare system ready?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
When Covid and the flu collide – is our healthcare system ready?
OPINION: A double-whammy of illnesses may deliver New Zealand its sickest winter yet.
![‘I won’t be able to make it to Germany’: Young law student’s plea for surgery in NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
‘I won’t be able to make it to Germany’: Young law student’s plea for surgery in NZ
Not everyone has the means to raise $180,000 to travel overseas for surgery, student says.
![Boy with chronic lung issues scales Tongariro Alpine Crossing](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Boy with chronic lung issues scales Tongariro Alpine Crossing
Priests were called to Aiden's bedside. Now he wants to give back to those who helped him.
![‘Outrageous’ difference in fees charged to cancer patients by private clinics](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
‘Outrageous’ difference in fees charged to cancer patients by private clinics
Some patients regularly travel long distances to access cheaper private care.
![GP sounds alarm over hospital delays: ‘We don’t know what the real wait time is’](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
GP sounds alarm over hospital delays: ‘We don’t know what the real wait time is’
Patients are told they'll be seen in six weeks, but wait months.
![Whanganui doctors strike for third time in a month](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Whanganui doctors strike for third time in a month
'Junior doctors work 32 hours in a 48-hour period over the weekend.'
![Blood service strike: urgent hospital surgeries postponed; surgeons to warn ‘no guarantee of blood transfusion’](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Blood service strike: urgent hospital surgeries postponed; surgeons to warn ‘no guarantee of blood transfusion’
Patients told: "I cannot guarantee you will be able to receive a blood transfusion".
![Cancer service ‘on the brink of collapse’](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Cancer service ‘on the brink of collapse’
There are huge risks if the short staffing is not addressed, a medical oncologist says.
!['Scared for my future': Amputee describes crash that took his leg](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
'Scared for my future': Amputee describes crash that took his leg
Ed Dormon's first thought was about being able to continue his passion of caregiving.
![Singapore Airlines turbulence: Two Kiwis remain in Bangkok hospital](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Singapore Airlines turbulence: Two Kiwis remain in Bangkok hospital
MFAT says it is "following up" with the injured.
!['Really hectic': Middlemore Hospital ED under strain with ambulance ramping, bed waits](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
'Really hectic': Middlemore Hospital ED under strain with ambulance ramping, bed waits
There were reports of long waits for a bed and patients in corridors.
![Four Kiwis hospitalised in Thailand after fatal Singapore Airlines turbulence](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=781)
Four Kiwis hospitalised in Thailand after fatal Singapore Airlines turbulence
A British man died on the flight. There were 23 Kiwis on board, four were hospitalised.