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Heart surgery crisis: Hospital keeps report secret amid patient delays

Waikato DHB has refused to release a review into the situation.

Cardiology crisis: DHB told heart patients 'consider private'

A leaked memo outlined year-long wait times. The DHB told patients: consider private.

Doctor murders teen: Hospital makes no changes after lies

"We still seek to operate a high trust environment with staff."

Coronavirus will arrive in New Zealand, say medical experts

NZ needs to prepare for the likely possibility of coronavirus reaching us, experts say.

Ditching common drug could save 200 Kiwis lives each year

The prescribed medicine in question is Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) such as Losec.

Breast cancer crisis: Women forced to wait despite risk

Counties Manukau DHB has raised the threshold for breast cancer treatment.

Witness shocked after St John staff seen in hazmat suits

A family was ushered into an ambulance and driven away from the address, a witness says.

Mystery illness robs Whangārei 6-year-old of her ability to talk and walk

"She understands 100 per cent but she cannot communicate back to us."

One month on, White Island victims continue to fight for their lives

"It represents a significant challenge for the NZ health system," health boss says.

Revealed: NZ's most injury-prone road users

How do Kiwis injure themselves? We look at 30 years of hospital data to find out.

'Unbearable pain': ACC pays $1 billion for decade of medical errors

"It felt like a grater moving around inside of me," surgical mesh injury victim says.

Hospitals' meat-free drive 'beggars belief'

Guidelines for the health sector include a recommendation to reduce meat and dairy.

Extraordinary surgery: Man facing amputation ends up with a leg of steel

The procedure is so complex one wrong move and it could all fail.

Man wakes up with thumb sewn to his groin

"It's one of those things your brain just can't comprehend," patient tells.

353 people killed on our roads in 2019. NZ's most lethal stretches revealed

The road toll rose today when a man died in hospital after a Kaimai truck crash.

Extraordinary surgery: Baby's skull cut open to allow her brain to grow

The operation involved peeling back Tessa's scalp and making several cuts in the bones.