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Heart surgery crisis: Hospital keeps report secret amid patient delays
Waikato DHB has refused to release a review into the situation.
Waikato DHB has refused to release a review into the situation.
"We still seek to operate a high trust environment with staff."
A leaked memo outlined year-long wait times. The DHB told patients: consider private.
NZ needs to prepare for the likely possibility of coronavirus reaching us, experts say.
The prescribed medicine in question is Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) such as Losec.
Counties Manukau DHB has raised the threshold for breast cancer treatment.
A family was ushered into an ambulance and driven away from the address, a witness says.
"She understands 100 per cent but she cannot communicate back to us."
A mother says her baby may not have died if hospital staff had acted more quickly.
"It's hard to fathom the amount of love and support."
Risks identified include "extreme" age of buildings that aren't fit for purpose.
Most DHBs have listed major infrastructure problems as a risk to patients and staff.
"We know this programme will save lives," baby expert says.
Father and daughter Paul and Stephanie Browitt were severely injured in the eruption.
Whakaari tour guide Hayden Marshall-Inman's family remember his heroics and generosity.
"It represents a significant challenge for the NZ health system," health boss says.
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"It felt like a grater moving around inside of me," surgical mesh injury victim says.
"It's one of those things your brain just can't comprehend," patient tells.
The road toll rose today when a man died in hospital after a Kaimai truck crash.
The operation involved peeling back Tessa's scalp and making several cuts in the bones.
One family did away with presents and donated $220 to help a tour guide with severe burns.
Tim Fensom refused to sign up to facial scanning at work. He was fired.
Waikato air and road ambulance retrievals "fragile" and patients being harmed as a result.
"What we're really hoping is to take some pressure off the public system," star says.
Liz McGill, 67, and daughter Heather, 34, will be in NZ hospitals "for some time".
Two tour guides severely injured in the eruption are making subtle progress in hospital.
The hospital's charity has been calling for donations.
Atlanta couple Pratap and Mayuri Singh were injured in Monday's eruption at White Island.
Australian survivors are being treated by one of the world's leading burns specialists.