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Quest to find the person who donated a stunning quilt to the children’s ward at Waitakere Hospital
Seven Sharp paid a visit to Rangatira Paediatric Ward in Waitakere Hospital to help us find the infamous Dr Seuss quiltmaker that inspired the ward's beautiful decorations.
Read More »Grandma, 90, is NZ's oldest living person with diabetes and now her sights are on a world record
Seven Sharp - Diagnosed with type one diabetes when she was only six, Winsome Johnston has spent decades living with the condition.
Read More »New research to understand why more Māori die of breast cancer
NZ Herald - A study hopes to better understand why more Māori women are dying of breast cancer than any other ethnicity across the country. . . . .
Read More »First new grad in a decade for Waitemata district nursing service
Nursing ReviewWaitemata’s first new graduate district nurse in over a decade was one of 50 nurses who completed the DHB’s new graduate programme last month. Read More
Read More »Waitematā health board doubles Māori workforce
RNZ- The Waitematā District Health Board has doubled the number of Māori nurses in three years and is set to double its entire Māori workforce. . . read more>>
Read More »New Zealand carries out our first robot-assisted knee surgery
Newshub - The country's first robot-assisted knee surgery has been carried out at Auckland's North Shore Hospital.
Read More »First robot-assisted knee surgery has patient working and walking two weeks later
NZ Herald - The country's first robot-assisted partial knee replacement surgery was performed successfully last month.
Read More »Mobile devices help clinicians spend more time with patients in Auckland's Waitemata
Stuff.co.nz - Speech and language therapist Bridget Oliver used to lug around books, flash cards, forms and photocopied bits of paper as she visited patients in west and north Auckland.
Read More »Kiwi doctors swapping stethoscopes for iPads
Newshub - We're used to seeing doctors with stethoscopes, now it seems an iPad is the new medical must-have accessory.
Read More »Experiencing patients' struggles all part of hospital empathy zone in Auckland
Stuff.co.nz - Ensuring patients have a good experience in hospital not only helps them feel happier, it also helps them get better quicker
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