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Champion drops in for a different drive
Champion racing driver Scott Dixon dropped into a cancer ward at Auckland City Hospital yesterday to lift the spirits of Shylo Harrison.

Outdoors comes inside for patients
Cancer survivor Lucy Bennett raised $10,000 for picture panels in Auckland Hospital's radiation department, making treatment a little more bearable.

Success: Surgical strategy wins overseas buyers
Christchurch company that make tools for surgeons is exporting almost everything it makes.

Doctor? It's a big job when you're only 4
Four-year-old Samantha Hook was offered a fellowship in arthroplasty at North Shore Hospital. Shades of Doogie Howser?

Treasured ring vanishes while patient in theatre
Irene Hart says her most painful experience at North Shore Hospital was the disappearance of her late husband's wedding ring while she was undergoing surgery.

Surgeons speak out over deep-seated problems
Surgeons at North Shore Hospital have their say about the unacceptable state of the facility.

Patient in hospital for allergy gets neck broken
A patient went into hospital with an allergy and left with broken neck.

'Shoddy' hospital accused over death
A 37-year-old man had a fatal heart attack after appendix surgery at North Shore Hospital, and his angry family are demanding answers about his treatment and death.

Hospitals fearful of doctors' strikes
Hospital leaders are braced to hear today if resident medical officers will join the wave of strikes disrupting health services.

'Critical' doctor shortage at Starship Hospital
Starship patients are being put at risk due to a shortage of staff, the union representing doctors says.

How the hospital failed my daughter
Mother says her daughter went through unnecessary suffering for a common, though potentially lethal, complaint.