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'I have never had a massage therapist put their finger in my butt crack before or since.'

A massage therapist who was accused by two women of inappropriate touching after his “invasive” techniques involved rubbing near “sensitive areas” has been

When Jonny Wilkinson explained why to a committee, he was met with some glazed looks.

Chieta, the chemical industries SETA, together with partners, University of Johannesburgs (UJ) Business School, and Chemin, the not-for-profit SA chemical technology incubator, hosted their first graduation ceremony for small businesses...

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An emergency department nurse who looked down a patient's underwear and rubbed another patient's breast has been found in breach of his professional code. 

A home care provider has been found in breach of the Health and Disability Code after failing in its care of a woman with a skin condition. Opportunities were missed for a woman to get the clinical care she needed, the deputy health and disability commissioner says. (file pic) Photo: 123RF She later died as a result of a bacterial skin infection. The woman in her 60s suffered from health conditions including a history of skin infections and had not left her house in over a year. Access Commun...

Friday, 5 March 2021, 4:31 pm From left: Febry Suharto, RIMA Wellbeing Coordinator, Orphée Mickalad – Councillor; Palmerston North City Council (former refugee from the Congo, Africa) and Dr Rochelle Stewart-Withers – Head of Programme for Development Studies at Massey University. A new programme aimed at improving the health outcomes of former refugee communities in the MidCentral district was officially launched at a potluck dinner last week. Among an array of cuisines from a wide rang...