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Chain reaction of revisionism

Boy, 4, impaled on knife in dishwasher

A four-year-old was hospitalised in Melbourne yesterday after falling onto a knife left in an open dishwasher.

Blood test delay at fault for death - HDC

Toys make surgery bearable

Super-clinics plan in big health shake-up

Primary health services are set to undergo a big shake-up with some hospital services shifting into the community to create new super-clinics.

'My KFC days are finished'

Scottish hospitals take up NZ software

Patient found under resident's walking frame before death

Rest-home nurses who rushed to an 82-year-old patient's scream found her on the floor with another patient's walking frame on top of her.

Hospitals propose preferential treatment

Two DHBs propose to offer public hospital patients the option of paying for treatment that is not funded by the public health system.

Forklift needed to shift patient

Too hot to handle

Stabbing shows Corrections staff in danger - union

Woman hospitalised after arm caught in conveyor belt

Contagious stomach bug strikes at second hospital

TV stunt star dies after beach rescue

A former television stuntwoman, whom rescuers spent 25 minutes reviving after a near-drowning on New Year's Day, has died after she was sent home from hospital.

Building consents up in November

Building consent stats released this morning show a 3.1 per cent jump in the number of new homes authorised for construction in November - the highest level since May 2008.