A hospital emergency department is being investigated after a doctor filled out a "do not resuscitate" order, allegedly without consent.

A grieving husband wants answers on how his wife died from meningococcal disease, despite repeatedly seeking medical help.

A man will have to go without red meat for at least five weeks after his dentures were accidentally thrown in the bin at Middlemore Hospital.

District health boards have asked the Government to "review" the right of health workers to strike, saying patients are being harmed.

A horse kick left Mark Isaacs with 400 stitches, three steel plates screwed into his face, a broken jaw and a reconstructed eye socket.

Fijians with life-threatening heart conditions are to receive free treatment this week thanks to a mercy mission by 40 NZ health professionals.

One in every four women giving birth in NZ will undergo caesarean section surgery, with nearly 15pc booking the operation before going into labour.

Champion racing driver Scott Dixon dropped into a cancer ward at Auckland City Hospital yesterday to lift the spirits of Shylo Harrison.

Cancer survivor Lucy Bennett raised $10,000 for picture panels in Auckland Hospital's radiation department, making treatment a little more bearable.