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Seven dead at Chinese resort town

China's official Xinhua News Agency reported that six nurses and one caretaker were killed in a knife attack at a hospital in a northeastern resort town favoured by the country's Communist Party elite.

After 100 nights ... it's good news

Two-year-old Southland liver transplant patient Elliott Gulliver has spent more than 100 nights in Starship, but her parents hope she may now be over the worst.

High praise for staff's combined effort

At 13, Celine Ceraudo started suffering disturbing symptoms which eventually put her in Starship.

Cut the fat, hospital cafes told

Pies are expected to be cut from public menus at the Auckland District Health Board as officials try to make their hospitals into models of healthy eating and drinking.

9 in 10 ED staff abused by drunks: poll

Pushing, punching, spitting and biting are all behaviours emergency department staff have to deal with when treating drunk patients, a survey has found.

Tobin amazes his lifesavers

Two doctors who saved the life of a little boy met him again yesterday for the first time since he made a remarkable recovery.

Starship sound hits the right note

Starship theatre staff are glad of the improvements in the first of their refurbished operating rooms - especially the new sound system.

454 major incidents at health boards

A baby died in a water-birth, a mother bled to death after giving birth, and a mental health patient with motor-skills trouble choked on food and died.

Trio cleared of Ebola after arrival here

Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says three people arriving in NZ from West Africa have been cleared of Ebola after temperature monitoring.

Bored boy lifts sick kids' spirits

A 7-year-old boy who was bored while visiting his dad at Waikato Hospital started spending his own pocket money on activity packs for sick children but needs more help.

Rippa rugby lover had a rocky start

Riley Ross was born with heart defects that would have killed him had they not been detected in a pregnancy scan and later corrected at Starship, his mother says.

Easing age tensions among nurses

When four generations work together the differences are often seen as challenges and sources of tension.

Help Our Kids passes $100K

"A huge thank-you to the thousands of Kiwis from all over the country, and even some abroad, who have helped so far," says Starship foundation chief.

'We are a Starship family'

Ten-year-old Elijah Amoah has spent more than a year in hospital being treated for leukaemia and the complications of its treatment.

Teenager's moving letter of thanks

Tara Helm was 16 when she had surgery at Starship to correct the abnormal curvature of her spine.

NZ hospital prepared for Ebola

'Kiwis are amazing!' Here's why

Lucy Lawless tweets her appreciation as donations for Help Our Kids campaign to raise money for Starship hospital pass the half-way mark.

PM: New Zealand 'not immune' from Ebola

John Key says Government takes threat "very seriously" as he announces new measures to prepare for suspected cases.