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Touched by a stranger's kindness

The other night at Starship Hospital a total stranger didn't quite give me the shirt off his back - but it was close.

Man in hospital after Taranaki stabbing

Scalped man walks again

Levy in charge of two DHBs

Some central Auckland patients could be treated at North Shore and Waitakere Hospitals under a spirit of collaboration, the man now responsible for nearly one million Aucklanders' health has indicated.

Killer superbug in NZ

Up to four patients in NZ have contracted a killer strain of a superbug which inhabits other bacteria.

Costly cleanse unnecessary

Scourge of the superbug

Surgeons rejoin pulverised hand

Injured schoolgirl's parents reassure distraught driver

The family of a schoolgirl fighting for her life after falling under a truck has told the distraught driver not to 'beat himself up'.

Judge gives hit and run accused name suppression

One dead after Motueka crash

X-rays and scans on hold in strike

Public hospital patients face disruption to services again this week as radiographers at 19 district health boards stage a full strike for 48 hours.

Patients facing big bills to fix obesity surgery

57-year-old mother of twins breaks Australian record

A 57-year-old woman is believed to have become Australia's oldest mother after giving birth to twins last week.

Sleeping man in serious condition after falling from ute

Hospital apologises for bad treatment

North Shore Hospital has apologised for leaving an elderly heart patient in the emergency department for five hours between doctor consultations.

Family counts the cost of ageing

Heavily bleeding woman denied treatment by police, says family

A woman's family claim she was denied hospital attention while in custody at the Rotorua Police Station, despite bleeding heavily after a miscarriage.