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![Resthome staff accused of poor care after deaths](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Resthome staff accused of poor care after deaths
Northland Health has recorded 298 cases of norovirus, with several patients still being kept in isolation.
![ACC admits hardline too tough](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
ACC admits hardline too tough
The ACC has admitted it has been rejecting too many claimants seeking elective surgery.
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Move to fix prescription problems
Patients being given the wrong prescription occurs "a lot", according to the Health Quality and Safety Commission, but a new system should help prevent cases like the tragic death of Shirley Curtis.
![Grandmother dies after hospital overdose](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Grandmother dies after hospital overdose
A 60-year-old grandmother died after being given 10 times as much heart medication as she should have been.
![Health ministry's million-dollar battle against families](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Health ministry's million-dollar battle against families
The Ministry of Health needs to sit down and talk with families who are caring for their disabled relatives, say the Greens.
![NZ's stillbirth rate among highest](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ's stillbirth rate among highest
An expert says many more babies would survive if the country quit smoking and reduced its obesity.
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Traffic-light food labelling scheme wins support
Food manufacturer Sanitarium has produced a scheme for a national "traffic light" food labelling system.
![Weekend work in Aussie nets NZ doctors thousands](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Weekend work in Aussie nets NZ doctors thousands
Doctors flying to New South Wales to work weekends are earning as much as $8200.
![200kg patient dies after weight impedes treatment](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
200kg patient dies after weight impedes treatment
A man weighing more than 200 kilograms has died in hospital, after staff could not give him life saving treatment because he was too heavy for them to roll.
![Christchurch earthquake: Hospitals cope with waves of injured](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Christchurch earthquake: Hospitals cope with waves of injured
Christchurch hospitals are busy but coping as patient numbers swell from the earthquake.
![Threat of fatal superbug grows worse every year](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Threat of fatal superbug grows worse every year
The threat of a potentially fatal superbug is growing, and infection control officials cannot see any let-up.