Covid 19: Hospital defers surgery as occupancy tops 112%
Situation made worse by high levels of staff sickness.
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'Made my week': Cystic fibrosis sufferer gifted money by stranger
The donor wanted Troy Watson to 'go and have fun' with his friends or family.
Auckland hospital 'imploding': Patient with typhoid fever slept in car due to lack of beds
Hospitals around NZ are being hit by a perfect storm of issues.
6369 new Covid cases in the community, 13 deaths
The seven-day average of new community cases is about 1000 down on a week ago.
Two hurt - one seriously - in Parnell apartment fire
Fire and Emergency received "multiple calls" about a fire in the three-storey building.
Targeted funding to improving Māori health outcomes announced
Ministers have outlined a range of funding to assist Māori health and economic wellbeing.
Hit-and-run survivor returns to finish race across US - with surgeons who saved him
Five years on from the hit and run, Nick Ashill is returning to finish his ultra marathon.
Thomas Coughlan: Is the health budget really failing Māori?
Does the health budget hurt Māori or is it the biggest win in a generation?
Sick baby may have lived if he wasn't sent home from emergency department
The baby died two days after being sent home from a half-hour ED visit.
Gang house drive-by shooting: Police reportedly find 44 bullet casings in driveway
It comes after rising fears over gun violence and gang turf wars.
Mum 'trying to be Wonder Woman' repressed memory of injuring her son
Despite hazy memory, mum accepted responsibility, was sentenced to 9 months' supervision.
Budget 2022: 10 key things - Where the money's gone
Here are the highlights as Grant Robertson announces the Government's plans.
Budget 2022: Health gets $13.2b boost to address inequities, sector reforms
It includes a boost to cover DHB deficits before the new health reforms.
Analysis: Government moves quickly to commit to Hutt Hospital's future
Health Minister to meet with local leaders tonight after building deemed earthquake-prone.
Multimillion-dollar maternity upgrade paused after building deemed quake-prone
The second phase of a $9.47m project to improve maternity care is located in the building.
Surgeries, clinics on hold as thousands of health workers prepare to strike
10,000 Allied Health workers are walking off the job for 24 hours tomorrow.
Woman, 62, hits health worker after 21-hour wait in ED
Emails reveal concerns in NZ's busiest emergency departments.
'The system is so stretched': Nurses, doctors say border changes not enough
"Right now, the whole health system just needs more nurses."
In Her Head: Woman's life-threatening endometriosis delays
Paris' life-threatening endometriosis diagnosis and surgery delays, with wait times up to three years. Video / NZ Herald
Life-threatening endometriosis delays, surgery wait times up to three years
On average, women in NZ wait 8.7 years from onset symptoms to be formally diagnosed.
'We live in a man's world': NZ lags behind other countries in women's health
"When we look at systems of all sorts around the world we see inequality for women."
Doctors told her she was just overweight - turns out, she had ovarian cancer
'Something needs to change, you can't just push it away as women's problems.'
'Women let down by system': ACC pays out $27m to women harmed by health treatment
'There are so many areas that could be improved to better [women's] outcomes," GP says.
'Just part of being a woman': How our health system ignores and neglects female patients - and what can be done about it
'I kept thinking maybe I'm just being weak, maybe I just need to harden up...'
Christchurch Hospital staff punched, spat on, sworn at and sexually harassed
Patients taking their frustration out on the very people they have asked for help.
'I can't even walk properly': Mum's $30K loan for hysterectomy to end pain
Her pain was so bad she would regularly faint at work.
'Get pregnant, that'll fix your problems': Mum's endometriosis fight - for 20 years
Dallas was accused of being a drug seeker for repeatedly turning up to ED in pain.
'Pain is seen as a weakness so you push it aside': Ex Olympian's endometriosis battle
"I started to think I was being dramatic or crazy," cycling champ says.
'I was treated like a drug-seeker': Mum goes undiagnosed for a decade
Emma says she was repeatedly sent home from ED feeling like no one believed her suffering.
'I did start to feel suicidal': Endometriosis patient's agonising wait for treatment
"Not because I wanted to die, but because the pain was so unbearable," 20-year-old says.
'I felt like I'd failed as a parent': Mum speaks out about traumatic births
Monique Cross says she was repeatedly dismissed by health professionals.
'Feel like we're being punished': Nurses sent to MIQ hotels unable to get old jobs back
"We volunteered out of the generosity of and goodness of our hearts," MIQ nurse tells.
Countdown stabbing: Man jailed 13 years for frenzied knife attack
The man responsible for a knife attack at a Dunedin supermarket has been jailed.
ED nurse touched patient's breast, looked in another's underwear
The nurse denied it happened, but was found in breach of the health and disability code.