Gisborne Hospital ED nurses to strike over understaffing on September 9
Speaking to the Gisborne Herald, Dolman-Tuhou said nurses were “exhausted”. “We’re so understaffed right now … the anxiety’s…
Planning for Hawke’s Bay Hospital multi-storey acute services building underway
“Planning and design is underway for a new multi-storey acute services building,” Trotter said. Acute or unplanned care…
Coronary angiography can be safely delayed after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest without ST elevation
Immediate coronary angiography did not improve 30-day survival compared with a deferred strategy in patients without an ECG…
Planning for Hawke’s Bay Hospital multi-storey acute services building underway
“Planning and design is underway for a new multi-storey acute services building,” Trotter said. Acute or unplanned care…
Remote exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation can be an additional option for heart patients
Remotely delivered exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation, when added to center-based programs, resulted in a similar number of completed sessions…
Rose Tattoo frontman Angry Anderson suffers cardiac arrest in Europe
Aussie rock legends Rose Tattoo have confirmed their frontman Angry Anderson is being treated after suffering a heart…
Blood pressure intervention lowers dementia risk in community-based trial
In a community-based trial in rural China, an intensive blood-pressure lowering intervention reduced the incidence of dementia compared…
Digital registry strategy doubles heart failure treatment uptake
A registry-based digital strategy that identified untreated patients and invited them to a telephone consultation more than doubled implementation of an effective type of heart failure…
Man accused of smashing hospital clinic windows
“Windows were already boarded up when I arrived,” the witness said. “One of the admin staff-receptionists told me…
Wellington Hospital called a ‘s***show’ as patients forced to wait 24 hours
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) delegate said she feared that speaking out would result in repercussions. RNZ…
Potent antiplatelet therapy increases bleeding risk after heart attack in AF patients
Potent antiplatelet therapy increased bleeding without signs of benefit regarding cardiovascular events in patients with atrial fibrillation after…
New study detects silent atherosclerosis in healthy young adults
Atherosclerosis, the process underlying most cardiovascular diseases, begins long before the first symptoms appear. An international study led…