![]() 3News | Clerical workers strike in SI hospitals Radio New Zealand Clerical staff in South Island hospitals have staged a one-hour strike to protest at being paid less than workers doing the same jobs in North Island hospitals. The strike began at 3.30pm on Friday and involved more than 800 administration and clerical ... Staff begin strike action to push pay claim More than 800 South Island hospital staff will strike today |
![]() Visit Bulgaria | Maternal deaths potentially avoidable, report shows Radio New Zealand Almost half of the maternal deaths in New Zealand in 2007 were potentially avoidable, the Government has been told. The latest report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee has been released and shows 11 women died while pregnant or ... Deaths of pregnant women 'preventable' Deaths In Pregnant Women Preventable |
Take care not to spread sickness Salisbury Journal PEOPLE who have suffered with diarrhoea, vomiting or flu-like symptoms are being asked not to visit friends and relatives in hospital for a few days afterwards. Staff at Salisbury District Hospital are trying to reduce the potential ... A SICKNESS bug outbreak has forced three wards at Scarborough Hospital to close. |
![]() RTE.ie | Expert warning over new swine flu The Press Association Tamiflu-resistant swine flu which has broken out in Wales will become much more common as the virus mutates, a flu expert said. Three out of five patients diagnosed with the Tamiflu-resistant strain remain in hospital, after it was revealed they could ... Swine flu jabs 'still important' Drug-Resistant Swine Flu Emerges UPDATE 1-UK investigates spread of drug resistant swine flu |
![]() TopNews United States | PNG health officials concerned by spread of cholera Radio New Zealand International National health administrators in Papua New Guinea say the spread of cholera is a very major concern. The disease has spread to East Sepik province where it's claimed five lives and infected 90 others. It spread to neighbouring Madang about a month ago ... Cholera at critical stage in East Sepik PNG cholera outbreak spreads Cholera Spreads To East Sepik |
![]() Scoop.co.nz | Werewolf: California's crowded prisons Scoop.co.nz by the CA Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation prisoner number reduction plan, is available as a video here. In it, Secretary Cate refers to recidivism…. We think they are sound measures that will reduce our prison population ... Two inmates die of swine flu in California prisons 2 Inmates Die Of Possible H1N1-Related Causes |
![]() Stuff.co.nz | 'I wish I could take the pain away' Stuff.co.nz By JODY O'CALLAGHAN - Manawatu Standard MERCY FLIGHT: Four-month-old Lilly Thoresen-McKay needs a liver transplant and will be flown to Starship Hospital on Monday for a transplant assessment with her parents Luke McKay and Tina Thoresen. ... |
BBC News | Public doubts over swine flu jab BBC News The government still has a long way to go to convince the public that the swine flu vaccine is safe, an exclusive survey for the BBC suggests. Half of the 2000 people polled said they were happy to have the jab, but safety was the major concern for ... Swine flu vaccine uptake Despite the scaremongering, a swine flu jab is worthwhile Vulnerable patients shunning swine flu vaccine, gps warn |
Clinicians' tsunami response 'a source of pride' Scoop.co.nz (press release) Clinicians who responded to a call for volunteers to go to Samoa to help the tsunami response were honoured at a dinner attended by Pacific Island Affairs Minister Georgina te Heuheu in Auckland tonight. Clinicians who responded to a call for ... |