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Big read: DHBs prioritise Māori and Pacific patients for elective surgeries

Nicholas Jones
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Investigative Reporter·NZ Herald·
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Big read: DHBs prioritise Māori and Pacific patients for elective surgeries
Big read: DHBs prioritise Māori and Pacific patients for elective surgeries

It was a nondescript letter that would save his life.

Waitematā and Auckland DHBs invited Paumea Ferris and other Māori aged 55-74 to get a free check for swelling of the main blood vessel from the heart to lower body, an often symptom-less problem that can cause life-threatening rupture.

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