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“There have been some deaths in Australia of people stuck in waiting rooms unable to get into ED because every physical space is full. We are worried.” Investigations are underway after a woman died while waiting more than six hours for an ambulance in Melbourne last week, while in Perth a seven-year-old girl died following a two-hour wait in an emergency department earlier this month. Murray Wilson/Stuff Emergency department patients are treated in the corridors of a number of hospitals around the country (File photo) Concerns were particularly acute at Wellington Regional Hospital, w...

by James Hollings The accident happened about 9.10 on a Sunday morning, two weeks ago now. One minute we were chatting in the sunshine on the grass at Kilbirnie Park. Next minute we were on the way to hospital. One of our children was injured, and paramedics told us we had to go to Wellington Hospital emergency department immediately. We arrived there about 10.30. My partner and my child went in, while I found a carpark. There was a delay while I paid the parking fee. Fumbling with an unfamiliar machine while worrying about my child ratcheted the anxiety levels up another notch. Then into ...

Planned caesareans and labour inductions are being delayed as an increase in babies and a shortage of midwives creates the “perfect storm” for Wellington Regional Hospital’s maternity ward. Senior midwives are being called back to the unit to fill staffing gaps with the ward 100 per cent occupied and unable to take in any more women for most of the last month, said Caroline Conroy, co-leader of the midwives' union Meras. Midwives who would want to stay in the room with a new mother as she learns to breastfeed have to leave to attend other women while caesareans and labour inductions ...

A burnt-out power factor correction unit caught flame and sprinkler water damaged several floors on Thursday morning.

Five years later, the Hutt Valley District Health Board has apologised to Johnson after a Health and Disability Commissioner report found a series of staff failures contributed to Piper’s injury. But Johnson still wants answers from a hospital where multiple babies have suffered preventable brain damage since her daughter’s birth. KEVIN STENT/STUFF It’s been five years since twins Piper and Eva were born in Hutt Hospital. The DHB have just apologised for mistakes made at the birth, after an HDC report. “I’m just heartbroken, because this shouldn’t be happening. I can’t unders...