Missing babies: Scramble to track down children lost from health system
3 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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An Auckland District Health Board document reveals at least 102 Auckland babies had been missing from the National Immunisation Register.
An Auckland District Health Board document reveals at least 102 Auckland babies had been missing from the National Immunisation Register.
Emma Russell is a health reporter for the New Zealand Heraldemma.russell@nzherald.co.nz
Authorities are urgently trying to track down babies missing from the nation s health system - sparking fears about the wellbeing of potentially hundreds of at-risk Kiwi children.
While health officials don t know the extent to which babies are missing from the health database, an Auckland District Health Board report reveals 102 babies previously lost were found in the three months to December 2020.
Press Release – University of Auckland A world-leading specialist in gout, Professor Nicola Dalbeth, won the top research award of the medical faculty of the University of Auckland. img src ”https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2104/1ac9bbe584eb26678401.jpeg” width ”720″ height ”454″ Professor Nicola Dalbeth Professor …
A world-leading specialist in gout, Professor Nicola Dalbeth, won the top research award of the medical faculty of the University of Auckland.
Professor Nicola Dalbeth
Professor Dalbeth is this year’s winner of the Gluckman Medal for distinguished contribution to research for her work in gout, an arthritis prevalent in Aotearoa.
Her more than 400 research papers span everything from the extra risk Covid-19 poses for people suffering from gout to whether the condition – an inflammatory arthritis – should have a different name. (She thinks it should.)
Professor Nicola
Dalbeth
Professor Dalbeth is this year’s winner of
the Gluckman Medal for distinguished contribution to
research for her work in gout, an arthritis prevalent in
Aotearoa.
Her more than 400 research papers span
everything from the extra risk Covid-19 poses for people
suffering from gout to whether the condition – an
inflammatory arthritis – should have a different name.
(She thinks it should.)
Gout is a painful form of
arthritis caused by urate crystals accumulating in joints.
It affects one quarter of older Māori men and one third of
older Pasifika men in New Zealand.
Professor Dalbeth
has led international initiatives to re-define central
Greenlane Hospital s renal unit closes - dozens of patients devastated
25 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Dozens of patients hooked up to a dialysis machine for four hours three times a week feel they have been let down by Auckland DHB. Photo / 123rf
Dozens of patients hooked up to a dialysis machine for four hours three times a week feel they have been let down by Auckland DHB. Photo / 123rf
Emma Russell is a health reporter for the New Zealand Heraldemma.russell@nzherald.co.nz
Dozens of patients who spend at least 12 hours a week hooked up to a life-saving machine are devastated Greenlane Hospital s renal unit is closing.
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Hardik Gediya was exploit by his boss, cleaning company owner Bhumika Kohli. But despite legal rulings that she must repay him, he s still waiting.
Bhumika Kohli owes over $120,000 in unpaid wages and penalties to the former staff of her cleaning company. But so far, she’s refusing to pay up, as Steve Kilgallon reports. The bill dates back to 2018. There have been three court orders demanding Bhumika Kohli pays up, but despite mounting penalties, she has refused to even negotiate a discounted settlement. Instead, her assets have all been transferred into her husband’s name, the couple have changed their social media identities, cellphone numbers and residential address, and refuse to talk to lawyers for their former workers.