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Outdoors comes inside for patients
Cancer survivor Lucy Bennett raised $10,000 for picture panels in Auckland Hospital's radiation department, making treatment a little more bearable.
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Success: Surgical strategy wins overseas buyers
Christchurch company that make tools for surgeons is exporting almost everything it makes.
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Treasured ring vanishes while patient in theatre
Irene Hart says her most painful experience at North Shore Hospital was the disappearance of her late husband's wedding ring while she was undergoing surgery.
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Surgeons speak out over deep-seated problems
Surgeons at North Shore Hospital have their say about the unacceptable state of the facility.
![Patient in hospital for allergy gets neck broken](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Patient in hospital for allergy gets neck broken
A patient went into hospital with an allergy and left with broken neck.
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'Shoddy' hospital accused over death
A 37-year-old man had a fatal heart attack after appendix surgery at North Shore Hospital, and his angry family are demanding answers about his treatment and death.
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Hospitals fearful of doctors' strikes
Hospital leaders are braced to hear today if resident medical officers will join the wave of strikes disrupting health services.
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'Critical' doctor shortage at Starship Hospital
Starship patients are being put at risk due to a shortage of staff, the union representing doctors says.
![How the hospital failed my daughter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
How the hospital failed my daughter
Mother says her daughter went through unnecessary suffering for a common, though potentially lethal, complaint.
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Three killed on horror highway
Police are investigating whether alcohol played a part in last night's two-vehicle crash on one of NZ's most notorious stretches of highway.