'Tsunami of patients': NZ hospitals in crisis after biggest January, February on record
One hospital declared a code black yesterday after reaching capacity.
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Middlemore Hospital's emergency department 'cannot cope' with demand, worker says
Serious staffing shortages are now impacting on the treatment of patients, a worker says.
Code black at Dunedin Hospital: 'Avoid ED if possible'
SDHB chief executive said the hospital was doing its best to deal with heavy demand.
Guns, gangs, and hospitals: Nearly 40 people admitted in five years
Most people were shot in the abdomen but fingers and toes also came into the crosshairs.
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Services have been flagged as vulnerable: what that means, and how they could change.
How maternity services could change at Auckland Hospital after four mothers died
Radical changes could be on the way for maternity services at Auckland City Hospital.
Exclusive: Auckland DHB set to overhaul maternity services; investigations into deaths of mothers find problems
"Lack of access or co-ordination of care" was a notable finding in three of the deaths.
Orderly fashion: From All Black captain to pushing hospital beds
Stu Wilson can now add another name to the list of teams he has represented.
Study shock: Private health patients costing public system millions every year
Millions of public dollars spent on follow-up care for private patients.
'Fatigue, burnout' as DHBs stretched to limit - union
Short staffing and underfunding have left District Health Boards at tipping point.
Covid vaccinations at Eden Park? Hipkins opens up on jab options
Where you could be offered a vaccine, and how that information will be recorded.
Expiration dates and 'inevitable' computer glitches: What challenges our historic vaccine roll out
"There will be glitches along the way, but I think the key building blocks are there."
Lockdown mums left frightened, alone in hospital with calls for help unanswered
Medication wasn't given on time or was left out of reach, the women say.
Women who gave birth in lockdown felt 'abandoned, alone and devastated'
"I cried the whole night," one new mother said of her hospital stay.
Maternity tragedy: Health board 'deeply sorry' over mum's death
Review of death of Auckland mum and newborn leads to raft of changes to maternity care.
Police apology: Cyclist alive after collision with car in Taupō
The crash happened on Friday morning and police said the cyclist has been hospitalised.
Hospitals stretched for beds, spike in demand over holiday period
Middlemore is blaming the surge on post-holiday injuries and health checks.
Covid deniers 'don't care who's dying'
A British doctor has revealed some of the callous comments from coronavirus deniers.
Covid-19 coronavirus: China builds hospital in five days after surge in virus cases
A similar programme of rapid hospital construction was launched a year ago in Wuhan.
Covid-19 coronavirus: Oxygen supplies dwindle in the Amazon rainforest
Patients in overloaded hospitals waited as oxygen arrived to save some, but not all.
Hokitika councillor's brush with death after freak lawnmower accident
A small stone, flicked off a blade, nearly killed Hokitika councillor Latham Martin.
Kiwi nurse in UK concerned about NZ response to Covid strain
"They don't understand the stress of it, the urgency. Life seems to go on in New Zealand."
'Tragic': Mental health disorders linked to deadly physical illness
Researchers examined 3.2 million New Zealander's hospital records.
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UN fears 'massive' Covid-19 transmission in Ethiopia's troubled Tigray region
Humanitarian workers are finally accessing the region two months after fighting began.
California sees two-day record of coronavirus deaths
California's death toll since the start of the pandemic rose to 28,045.
Tongue tie 'snip' surgery on babies to be scrutinised
To snip or not to snip has been a long-running and fierce debate.
Vision loss, harm to newborn, cancer diagnosis delay linked to Covid-19 disruption
DHB reports show some patient harm incidents related to Covid-19 restrictions.
Teen dies in hospital after crash near Balclutha
The teen was critically injured in a crash near Balclutha at the start of this month.
Black doctor dies of Covid after racist treatment complaints
Dr Susan Moore, 52, who died battling Covid-19, had complained of racist medical care.
Doctor denied C-section: 'Why is the Ministry of Health controlling how we birth?'
Doctor who was initially denied a caesarean section claims it is every woman's right.
Vital buys half-hectare Melbourne site for A$350m project
Site beside trust's Epworth Eastern Hospital
Aucklander saw psychiatrist to get C-section: Warns others 'robbed' of choice
"The psychiatrist produced a very compelling report supporting my decision."
Covid-19: Sweden running out of intensive care beds
ICUs in Stockholm hit 99% capacity this week. Malmo, Gothenburg are close to their limits.