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$6m revamp starting at Starship
Anna Rennie knows just how poor the living conditions have been for parents with sick children in hospital: she had to sleep on an office chair during one of her daughter Mia's stays for severe epilepsy.
Pilots needed to fly sick children
Pilots who transport sick children to vital medical appointments are proof angels do exist, and the search is on to find some in Tauranga.
Eel inquiry a 'witch-hunt'
Auckland Hospital staff have been called to disciplinary hearings in the breach-of-privacy case involving the man who had an eel removed from inside him.
Patients pay high price of blunders
Birth that affected baby's development one of 360 serious events in last year.
Doctors have fun with cremation fees
Hospital doctors may stop charging for cremation certificates after a newspaper investigation revealed the money is being spent on social events and Sky TV.
Study: Swine flu pandemic cost $31m
The 2009 swine flu pandemic cost New Zealand hospitals about $31 million, a new university study shows.
Influenza shock for hospitals
Intensive checking for influenza at two hospitals has shown that the number of infected patients is around one-third greater than was previously thought.
Rise in number of flu cases
The number of patients admitted to hospital with influenza is higher than previously thought, an important New Zealand study on the disease has found.
Private hospital funding risky: Labour
Plans by the Northland DHB to privately fund an extension to Whangarei Hospital will only lead to taxpayers footing the bill if the deal sours, says Labour.
Disparity in hospital waiting lists
The number of patients waiting for skin cancer surgery at Dunedin Hospital increased 64 per cent in the past year, while Southland Hospital halved its waiting list.
Baby kidnapper had 'no evil intent'
A woman who kidnapped a newborn baby from hospital to convince her partner she had given birth has been banned from having unsupervised access to babies.
Stabbing victim charged with assault
A man stabbed in the chest during a midnight incident in a central Auckland park has been released from hospital and charged with assault.
Two men in hospital after knife attack
One man was stabbed in the chest and another cut on his face during a midnight attack in a central Auckland park.
Brave burns girl breathes again
Arna Hopkins still has a long road ahead to recovery, but her family are celebrating the fact the three-year-old is finally able to breathe on her own.