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![Always check sore throat, mum warns](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Always check sore throat, mum warns
After two of her children developed rheumatic fever, Te Aroha Teriaki is warning parents to always err on the side of caution.
![Battery eats boy's throat away](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Battery eats boy's throat away
A Queendland boy came close to dying after swallowing a small battery.
![Nip-tuck saves $70,000](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Nip-tuck saves $70,000
The number of Kiwis travelling to Southeast Asia for cosmetic surgery has soared in the past year.
![Touched by a stranger's kindness](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Touched by a stranger's kindness
The other night at Starship Hospital a total stranger didn't quite give me the shirt off his back - but it was close.
![Levy in charge of two DHBs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Levy in charge of two DHBs
Some central Auckland patients could be treated at North Shore and Waitakere Hospitals under a spirit of collaboration, the man now responsible for nearly one million Aucklanders' health has indicated.
![Killer superbug in NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Killer superbug in NZ
Up to four patients in NZ have contracted a killer strain of a superbug which inhabits other bacteria.
![Injured schoolgirl's parents reassure distraught driver](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Injured schoolgirl's parents reassure distraught driver
The family of a schoolgirl fighting for her life after falling under a truck has told the distraught driver not to 'beat himself up'.
![Hospital errors causing serious harm climb](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hospital errors causing serious harm climb
Reports of public hospital errors that caused or could have caused major harm to patients has increased.
![Schoolboy heroes 'simply doing their duty'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Schoolboy heroes 'simply doing their duty'
Three teenage boys have been praised as heroes for their actions after a serious collision.
!['I heard the kids screaming'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'I heard the kids screaming'
A young man is dead after his car crossed the centre line and was partially crushed under a school bus carrying 21 teenagers.
![South Island neurosurgery reforms announced](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
South Island neurosurgery reforms announced
A panel of experts has recommended retaining neurosurgery services at both Dunedin and Christchurch hospitals - a verdict met by cheering crowds.
![X-rays and scans on hold in strike](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
X-rays and scans on hold in strike
Public hospital patients face disruption to services again this week as radiographers at 19 district health boards stage a full strike for 48 hours.
![57-year-old mother of twins breaks Australian record](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
57-year-old mother of twins breaks Australian record
A 57-year-old woman is believed to have become Australia's oldest mother after giving birth to twins last week.
![Hospital apologises for bad treatment](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hospital apologises for bad treatment
North Shore Hospital has apologised for leaving an elderly heart patient in the emergency department for five hours between doctor consultations.
![Heavily bleeding woman denied treatment by police, says family](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Heavily bleeding woman denied treatment by police, says family
A woman's family claim she was denied hospital attention while in custody at the Rotorua Police Station, despite bleeding heavily after a miscarriage.