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Acupuncturist punctures patient's lungs during treatment

She went to be treated for an arm and wrist injury, but left with two punctured lungs.

Mum went to doctor 16 times - but her baby still died

Waikato DHB has been ordered to apologise to Melanie Harding over the care of baby Riley.

Newborn death: Care of mother and baby slammed

Failures found in Whanganui DHB's care after tragic baby death.

Grieving daughter: 'Her pain was indescribable'

Waikato DHB has admitted to failings over 81-year-old woman's death.

HDC interfered with privacy of disabled boy

Parents of disabled teenager fighting David and Goliath battle for highest level change.

One dad's battle goes to heart of human rights

The HDC interfered with the privacy of a severely disabled boy. His parents want change.

'Money down the drain': Medication failures costing $280 million

Each year hundreds turn up to ED after being wrongly prescribed medication by a doctor.

Doctor fails to tell patient about abnormal blood tests

A doctor's clinical records are now being audited.

Audrey Young: The A to Z of the end-of-life law

Audrey Young outlines the assisted dying bill ahead of the second reading debate tomorrow

Apology to dying man after huge tumour missed by GP

John Downing's GP thought his bleeding was from haemorrhoids, not bowel cancer.

Auckland retirement village criticised over care of woman who fell and died

'Serious issues' with the care provided at the village by staff, report states.

Letters: Cold comfort for bus travellers

Surely coach travellers are worthy of a better facility, not some throwback to the 1940s.

Midwife pretended to give woman pain relief during labour

Instead of giving the woman pain relief, the midwife gave her intravenous saline.

Prison's medical staff fail to detect inmate's cancer

Prison inmate Vicki Letele was not given adequate care and later died, report finds.

Advocate: No one will hire disabled workers on minimum wage

Kiwis with disabilities earned half the average income of other NZers, study finds.

Mental health care failed woman arrested for harming a stranger

"There were huge red flags that should have signalled that I needed help."