Police name escaped prisoner after hospital escort breakout in Auckland
The prison’s acting general manager Edith Pattinson earlier said police were informed immediately and were searching for him.…
New research supports general anesthesia as an option for cesarean births
Regional anesthesia-typically with a spinal or epidural block-has long been favored for cesarean births due in part to…
Study clarifies how biliary atresia overlaps with multiple congenital syndromes
Biliary atresia (BA) represents one of the leading causes of pediatric liver failure, often requiring surgical intervention or…
National initiative helps reduce missed radiation appointments for cancer patients
A national quality improvement program led by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) found that transportation barriers and…
Risk assessment models could improve support for patients leaving hospital against medical advice
Risk prediction tools might help identify patients at the highest risk of overdose and death after a “before…
Targeting RNA splicing errors protects against tau-induced neurodegeneration
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), the leading cause of dementia, affects nearly 40 million individuals globally, resulting in a gradual…
Healthy meal deliveries boost quality of life for people with heart failure
Providing healthy, medically tailored meals or boxes of fresh produce along with nutrition counseling with a dietitian led…
Hawke’s Bay Hospital radiology upgrade to deliver 10,000 extra scans a year
So far, the first stage of the $35.8 million upgrade has delivered an additional 808sq m of floor…
Coroner finds Leonard Collett’s fatal fall in Taranaki Base Hospital ED was ‘foreseeable and preventable’
While waiting to be transferred to a ward, he was seen struggling to get back into bed after…
Emergency department waits of 35 hours for some SA mental health patients, AMA warns
One-in-10 mental health patients in South Australian hospital emergency departments are waiting “more than 35 hours” for a…
Multiple protein forms from a single gene offer fresh insight into rare disease mechanisms
Iain Cheeseman and colleagues reveal the underappreciated role of single genes producing multiple proteins in atypical presentations of…
Hawke’s Bay Hospital’s new surgical ward built in Auckland then trucked south
Renders of inside the new 28-bed ward at Hawke’s Bay Hospital in 2026. Southbase North Island manager Marcus…