Articles by Emma Russell, NZ Herald
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National
'Every ED doctor is worried': Clinicians respond to scathing Middlemore Hospital report
Tuesday, 18 October 2022, 7:04amEmergency doctors fear more unnecessary deaths as overwhelmed hospitals struggle with surging patient demand in what one...
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National
'He was just a skeleton of a baby': Waikato family moves to Australia to save starving infant
Friday, 14 October 2022, 7:05amAudrey Dunton remembers holding her unresponsive baby boy in her arms with tears streaming down her face while she begged...
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Health
Mum ate one meal a day and slept on hospital floors to afford son's cancer treatment. She's calling for change
Thursday, 15 September 2022, 8:45amA solo mum says she ate one meal a day and sometimes slept on the hospital floor so she could afford to drive her late son...
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Health
'Priscilla is a miracle': A woman's near-fatal brain bleed and a family who fought the medical advice
Friday, 2 September 2022, 9:06amA woman who suffered a brain aneurysm that left her unresponsive and hospital-bound for four months was never expected to...
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Health
'Human cost of healthcare failure': Sick wait under leaking tent at North Shore ED
Thursday, 14 July 2022, 7:38amAn elderly woman huddled in a woollen blanket in the "freezing" wet and cold under a leaky tent at North Shore Hospital is...
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National
'Rotting' surgical mesh leaves woman without a bladder
Thursday, 30 June 2022, 9:10amIn Her Head is a Herald campaign for better women's health services. Health reporter Emma Russell investigates what's wrong...
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Health
36,000 New Zealanders taking blood pressure pills urged to change treatments
Thursday, 30 June 2022, 8:25amNew Zealand's drug buying agency is alerting almost 36,000 people taking a blood pressure medication that they will need...
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Audio
62 patients in a day: GP driven to tears as 'health system falling to bits'
Wednesday, 22 June 2022, 9:02amA North Shore doctor says he is waking up at 4am worried about his patients after working gruelling 12-hour shifts seeing...
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Health
Nearly all NZ hospitals failing to meet Govt's ED wait time targets
Friday, 17 June 2022, 4:27pmNearly all of New Zealand's hospitals are failing to meet the Government's emergency department wait time targets with thousands...
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Health
Hospital waiting lists to be managed nationally, months before DHB reform
Wednesday, 4 May 2022, 10:03amHospital waiting lists will be managed nationally to tackle the delay in appointments and operations. Health Minister Andrew...
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Health
'This cannot go on': Revealed - The biggest killer of pregnant women and new mums
Saturday, 30 April 2022, 10:40amWARNING: This story may be distressing for some readers. Suicide is the leading cause of deaths among pregnant women and...
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Auckland
First-time mum with Covid forced to give birth without partner
Wednesday, 30 March 2022, 7:40pmA first-time mum is distraught after being forced to give birth without her partner by her side at Auckland City Hospital...
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Health
'Frightening': Women sexually abused as children tipped into menopause 11 years younger
Monday, 28 March 2022, 2:49pmWomen who've been severely sexually abused as a child are starting menopause 11 years earlier than average, a University...
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Covid-19
Influx of Covid-infected pregnant women worried their baby isn't moving
Thursday, 24 March 2022, 8:39pmAn Auckland obstetrician says she is seeing an influx of Covid-infected pregnant women turning up at hospital because they...
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National
Breaking point at hospitals: 'Patients waiting in corridors for 24hrs'
Friday, 18 March 2022, 7:17amPatient lives are being put in danger while waiting in hospital corridors for up to 24 hours and a top doctor says the Covid-19...
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Health
Exhausted nurses 'falling over each other' for nightly $500 Covid bonus
Thursday, 17 March 2022, 7:13amAuckland nurses and midwives are being offered a $500 bonus for every night shift they work to help hospitals combat severe...
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Health
'Traumatised': Safety monitors designed to protect staff from cancerous chemical removed
Monday, 21 February 2022, 12:06pmScientists say they are traumatised after safety monitors designed to protect them from dangerous exposure to a cancer-causing...
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Covid-19
56 new cases as Covid is detected in capital
Thursday, 23 December 2021, 11:45amThere are 56 new community cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today - 42 in Auckland, 4 in Waikato, 6 in the Bay of Plenty,...
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Health
'Unfair' and 'insulting': Midwives outraged after being told they won't get paid until next year
Thursday, 23 December 2021, 10:05amMidwives are outraged after an unexpected and delayed Ministry of Health email popped up in their inbox yesterday informing them they...
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National
Covid cases expected to climb by end of the week
Wednesday, 8 December 2021, 7:11amCOVID LATEST: * Revealed: Govt ignored advice to lift Auckland border, start regions in green * Teuila Fuatai: How the Government...
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Covid-19
Live: 109 Covid cases today - more infections in Northland, Waikato
Monday, 25 October 2021, 12:41pmThere are 109 new cases of Covid-19 today, the Ministry of Health says. Of the new cases, four are in Waikato and two in...
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Covid-19
Positive Waiheke Island case travelled by ferry, isolating at their home
Tuesday, 19 October 2021, 3:22pmA person who tested positive for Covid in Auckland travelled to Waiheke Island by ferry and is self-isolating at their home,...
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Health
1000 surgeries cancelled every week - Middlemore Hospital 'suffering'
Monday, 18 October 2021, 8:38pmClose to a thousand planned surgeries are being cancelled every week in New Zealand with nearly a quarter of those being...
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National
New locations of interest in Whangārei, Auckland, Hamilton
Saturday, 9 October 2021, 4:21pmSixteen new locations of interest in Auckland, Raglan, Hamilton, Whāngārei and Raglan have been released today, including...
