Parents win fight to sterilise daughter
The Family Court in Queensland has authorised the parents of a profoundly disabled girl to give their daughter a hysterectomy.
The Family Court in Queensland has authorised the parents of a profoundly disabled girl to give their daughter a hysterectomy.
Two men who suffered brain injuries after falling 60m from Lion Rock had been drinking alcohol, police say.
A woman discharged from North Shore Hospital discovered nine days later that she had a broken back.
A four-year-old was hospitalised in Melbourne yesterday after falling onto a knife left in an open dishwasher.
Rest-home nurses who rushed to an 82-year-old patient's scream found her on the floor with another patient's walking frame on top of her.
Ian McPherson writes that NZ needs a better strategy for coping with healthcare needs.
Under seige former All Black Robin Brooke is under further strain with his baby daughter fighting for her life in hospital.
Two DHBs propose to offer public hospital patients the option of paying for treatment that is not funded by the public health system.