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Latest fromSaving Lives series
Saving Lives: The bad old days
Don Knight has no idea how many life-threatening infections his body struggled through during 12 months in hospital - he was in no state to count.
Why ICU staff are celebrating
At least three lives have been saved in six months by a scheme that aims to eliminate blood-stream infections linked to central-line catheters.
Mother died despite clot scan
Natalie Rae died from a blood clot the day after being discharged from a Counties Manukau DHB hospital following a series of scans that were negative for clots.
Our hospital death-rates
A Herald investigation has found hundreds of lives each year would be saved if some of NZ's highest public hospital death rates were lowered to those of better-performing health boards.