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![Tim Parke: Private healthcare threatens public](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Tim Parke: Private healthcare threatens public
Expanding New Zealand's pay-for-treatment sector may wreck the free one.
![Clown doctors proving laughter is the best medicine](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Clown doctors proving laughter is the best medicine
Clown doctors are now a staple part of treatment for young patients at Auckland and Christchurch – and soon Wellington – hospitals.
![Doctor 'fatigue' led to baby death](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Doctor 'fatigue' led to baby death
A midwife and a doctor have been censured for missing problems which led to the death of a newborn baby girl. Both blamed fatigue and exhaustion for some of their mistakes leading up to her death.
![Toys, toothaches keep hospital staff busy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Toys, toothaches keep hospital staff busy
Hospital staff are rushed off their feet treating a range of problems from booze-related injuries to broken bones.
![Patient fighting to go home](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Patient fighting to go home
Hospital says stroke victim needs specialist care that his partner will not be able to provide - but she disagrees