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Waikato Hospital's robot birth staff training
A robot that gives birth is used in training staff at upgraded Delivery Suite Theatre in Waikato Hospital. / Alan Gibson
Hosking: McDonald's doesn't deserve this grilling
Comment: It's easy to mount a defence of Ronald McDonald house
Dental health in New Zealand's children
Data was provided under the Official Information Act by the Ministry of Health to the New Zealand Herald.
Ronald McDonald House: 'Home when our family needed one'
When plans for Ronald McDonald House dropped, many parents of sick children were shocked.
Another Ronald McDonald house under threat
Public health group wants the Southern DHB to block Ronald McDonald House in Dunedin.
Andrew Dickens: This decision really is 'PC gone mad!'
Ronald McDonald Houses support families with desperately ill children.
'Seriously ill' prisoner does a runner from hospital
A prisoner who was being treated at Auckland City Hospital has managed to escape.
Child spent night in Starship ceiling
A child spent the night in the ceiling space of Starship Hospital.
Theatre-use review costing DHB $1.4m
A $1.4 million project at Waikato Hospital will stop $25m worth of outsourced surgeries.
Starship celebrates 25 years of life-saving magic
The real heroes are the brave kids and the staff who work at Starship children's hospital.
Killer anaesthetic ends paramedic dream
Lynda Hodge's dream of becoming a paramedic has been dashed by a change of anaesthetic.
Chrissa's struggle: Extreme reaction to anaesthetic
A baby has suffered irreparable brain damage because of a rare reaction to anaesthetic.
Waikato Hospital accreditation warning
Understaffing at Waikato Hospital results in warning over training accreditation failures.
Major issues lurk as Kiwis go to the polls
The electorate is not so much demanding deep reform as a realignment of priorities.
When was our Welfare State born?
US Government analysis found Kiwi Welfare State to be a world first
How long does it take to change a hospital light bulb?
Dunedin Hospital's $5.5m asbestos issue meant operating theatre light took 10 days to fix.
Cold, damp homes threatening Kiwi kids
Why are our children dying from Third World diseases linked to unhealthy homes?
Doctor: 'I was stabbed 14 times, but I was lucky'
"At first I thought I'd been pushed in the back. Then I slipped on my own blood and fell."
Four injured after fire at Dunedin hospital
Fire at Wakari Hospital which led to 4 people taken to hospital is treated as suspicious.
'This is not a tragedy. It's a massacre'
At least 30 children died in an Indian hospital when the oxygen was cut off.
Drug detector dogs brought into Ronald McDonald House
Detector dogs were brought in last week after it was suspected someone had drugs on site
700 surgeries put off in four weeks
More than 700 surgeries have been postponed as hospitals struggle to cope with demand.
Hospital review as surgery delayed
Prostate cancer sufferers among those missing out on operations.
Locked in solitary confinement for 23 days
Mental health patients are being secluded at high rates despite targets to reduce hours.
Kiwi family campaigns to end restraint in Japan
Japanese government data shows more than 10,000 people were restrained in one year alone.
Winston breezes through fed-up regions
Just about the end of the road as Peters tour heads off snow on Napier-Taupo road.
Kiwi tied to bed for 10 days: 'Why did he die?'
The family of a young Kiwi who died in a Japanese hospital are demanding change.
Patient in mental health unit 10 years
Mental health managers say the care of intellectually disabled has reached "crisis point".
Impaled driver's fight for breath
A motorist who woke to find himself impaled on a fence post tried not to "freak out".
Typhoid outbreak's fumbled response
OIA documents show a breakdown in communication in handling of Auckland typhoid outbreak.
Blood test could save $70m for hospitals
A test being developed by "world class" Kiwi researchers could save hospitals millions.
Nasty gash: Ambo refused to elderly man
Aupito Pupu Lolesio was refused an ambulance after suffering a gash in a fall.