As she watched a car and then a truck hurtle towards her, Chelsea Walker's only thought was how she and her family could survive the head-on collision - and the pile-up that put 12 people in hospital.

Residents of the Claudelands area of Hamilton East are being urged to contact Waikato Hospital if they find any medical referral letters in their rubbish.

Waitakere Hospital staff delivered a record 24 babies in 24 hours on Thursday.

Children are bearing the brunt of the economic recession, with around 2000 more kids admitted to hospital last year compared to 2007, according to a report compiled by the Children's Social Health Monitor.

The medical records of hundreds of thousands of Aucklanders are in the hands of community pharmacists.

After two of her children developed rheumatic fever, Te Aroha Teriaki is warning parents to always err on the side of caution.

A Queendland boy came close to dying after swallowing a small battery.

The number of Kiwis travelling to Southeast Asia for cosmetic surgery has soared in the past year.

The other night at Starship Hospital a total stranger didn't quite give me the shirt off his back - but it was close.