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The Ada Commissioners' hospital tax would be a disaster, and you would pay the price

The Idaho Hospital Association responds to a proposal by the Ada County Commissioners to change the property tax rules for nonprofit hospitals. | Opinion

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Update: At least 2 killed by Russian strike on hospital in Selydove on Nov. 20

The State Emergency Service said that rescue operations at the partially destroyed hospital were still ongoing, and there was possibly one more person trapped in the rubble.

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Minister: Russian missile attacks in Donetsk Oblast kill at least 1, injure 6

Russian forces launched four missiles at a hospital and a mine in Donetsk Oblast overnight, killing at least one and injuring six, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko wrote on Nov. 21.

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Cancer patients have to travel for treatment due to doctor shortage

The plight of cancer patients having to travel away from their homes & families for treatment. The Cancer Society in Christchurch is having to use motels to house Otago/Southland cancer patients and their whanau, because their other accommodation is full to overflowing. Around a dozen patients have had to come to Christchurch due to a lack of medical specialists in their area, nine families are in motels. All 36 rooms at Christchurch's Daffodil house and Daffodil lodge full with patients from different districts. On Friday Te Whatu apologised to cancer patients who may face disruption due to shortages of senior doctors at Dunedin Hospital. The oncology unit there should have eight specialists, but it's down to just three and one of those is leaving in November meaning the hospital is also losing its accrediation to train junior onoclogy doctors too. And Health NZ says that could mean even more patients having to travel for treatment, although it can't say how many. Craig Watson is the Cancer Society's Service Delivery Manager for Canterbury, West Coast, Otago & Southland. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default default/index.html?videoId=6336945415112


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Te Whatu Ora apologises for false claims over cancer wait lists

Te Whatu Ora has confirmed just 70 percent of patients are getting their their first appointment within a month, not the 90 percent it previously told RNZ.

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The Week in Detail: Karakia, retirement, Warkworth radio dish

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.


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Many buildings' seismic risks remain a mystery, despite quakes and standards

Eleven years after the Christchurch quake, many hospitals and other buildings still don't know how heavy non-structural elements will fare in another tremor.

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