Winter Illnesses: Four children from Wellington region in ICU
Local DHBs advise people take precautions to keep children safe from RSV illnesses
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Around 20 children are currently in Wellington Hospital with respiratory illnesses.
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Around 100 children admitted to Wellington Hospital with respiratory illnesses this month
Health boards are investigating increasing capacity at Wellington's three hospitals.
Waikato DHB won't face fines over info leaked after cyber attack
Some patient information was published on the dark web after the ransomware attack in May.
Wedding helicopter crash: Long recovery ahead for badly injured photographer
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Wellington hospitals EDs swamped by patients, higher number of children
Wellington hospitals are experiencing high demand in their emergency departments.
Vital Healthcare plans $120m buy-up in Aus and NZ
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Babies with burning temperatures forced to wait on hospital floor
Experts warn hospital visits for flu-like illnesses are skyrocketing like never before.
Lockdown harmed Kiwi kids – shocking new study finds
Avoiding hospitals and reduced access to healthcare contributed to worse outcomes.
'The kids were terrified': Former nurse aide recounts 'hideous' abuse at Lake Alice
Electric shocks were given as punishment, but masqueraded as treatment.
'Totally unaffordable': Auckland DHB patients pay $31m in car park fees
Hospital parking seen as a problem across the country, with poorer patients hit hardest.
New call to GPs: Cut antibiotic prescriptions by a third
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Nurse shortage leaves beds empty, operations cancelled
Medical staff at Christchurch Hospital say the stretched workforce is at breaking point.
Nurses strike: 'I try to cry at home, I go to work afraid'
For eight hours, 1400 Northland nurses stopped work to ask for a better deal.
'Whole thing is just a mess': Waikato ED doctors, nurses at breaking point
Emergency department staff breaking down in tears almost every shift due to pressure.
Live: 30,000 Nurses strike DHBs reduce services as staff walk out
Non-urgent surgery and outpatient clinics cancelled as nurses walk off the job.
Nurses to go on strike: 'Offer from DHBs not addressing issues'
Union organiser: Staff are at breaking point and constantly worried about patient safety.
Nurses 'overwhelmingly' reject DHB offer, confirm hospital strike action
An eight-hour nurses' strike will go ahead on Wednesday, affecting all public hospitals.
India Covid-19 appeal: 'In the past two months, at least 40 people died in our village'
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Person dies in hospital following Opiki crash
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Urgent meeting over DHB cyber attack; Privacy Commissioner's warning
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DHB hack: 'A national crisis' - cancer patients could be sent to Australia
The Government must intervene to protect sick patients, Waikato cancer doctor warns.
DHB attack: 'Good progress' restoring systems and services
DHB says patient care the priority as they plan for the recovery phase after the attack.
'We don't pay ransom': Waikato DHB boss lashes cyber attackers
Waikato DHB is due to give an update on this week's cyber attack.
'Barbaric': Parents of Kelly Savage still fighting to end restraint practice
Family believe son's death four years ago was caused by the use of mechanical restraints.
'Consumed with grief': Widow says DHB failed her husband
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'Uncharted territory': Waikato DHB cyber attack 'biggest in NZ history'
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"It was a random attack. The victims did not know the man."