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DHBs intimidating staff, says union
Vulnerable health workers are being suspended without pay to intimidate them into ending their industrial action, the lab workers' union says.
Strikers' helpless victims
The parents of a baby girl are devastated after being told surgery to help her to eat without a tube has been postponed because of hospital strikes.
Surgeon gets to grips with girl's toothbrush
An Auckland surgeon says he was astounded when a 15-year-old girl walked into hospital complaining she had swallowed a 19cm toothbrush.
Hospital surgery delayed by strike
Surgery is being cancelled for hundreds of patients from Tuesday in preparation for four days of strikes by radiographers.
Paul Henry in trouble over jibe at doctors
TVNZ has apologised for a comment by presenter Paul Henry that overseas-trained doctors can't be as good as those trained in NZ.
X-ray strike looms over pay
Many patients booked for elective surgery or an outpatient visit will have their appointments postponed during planned walkouts.
Baby narrowly avoids being crushed by truck
A baby narrowly avoided being crushed by a truck which flipped in slippery conditions on Auckland's North Shore today.
Rules tightened for overseas-trained doctors
Health authorities have tightened rules around the monitoring of overseas-trained doctors, following concerns being expressed for several years over supervision.
Country doctors earning $2500 a day
One of NZ's most remote and cash-strapped health boards is paying fill-in surgeons up to $2500 a day, beating some of our highest earners.
'Wrong leg' error factor in woman's death - Coroner
Alarming administration errors led to confusion over which of an elderly woman's legs needed surgery and her being sent home, dying days later.