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Return of swine flu places strain on hospitals
Swine flu has become the dominant flu virus in New Zealand and some emergency departments are struggling to cope.Hospital admissions for winter illnesses hit a high for the year last week, although numbers were well down compared......
Children benefit from $3m donation
The family behind Douglas Pharmaceuticals have given the Starship $3 million, the largest personal donation ever for the children's hospital, to help pay for a new medical scanner.Sir Graeme Douglas, the company's 81-year-old......
NZ ranks last in medicine use and lowest health spender
New Zealand has been ranked last in a comparison of 14 developed nations on their use of selected medicines.New Zealand was far below Australia in the study, which was done for the British Government and tallied medicine use for......
Management of heart patients 'improving'
The hospital management of heart attack patients has been improving, but many experience delays and New Zealand's rates of invasive treatment are lower than in comparable countries, an audit has found.Published in today's New......
Gillian Marie: Rest homes must be more than holding cells for elderly
Thank you, Geoff Harper, for raising the issue of quality rest home care for our vulnerable elderly folks.I have been an advocate for three of my rela...
Garth George: 'Thou shalt not kill' must be our guide
Euthanasia is defined by the Concise Oxford Dictionary as "the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable disease or in an irreversible coma".The Oxford defines murder as "the unlawful premeditated killing of......
Vegetable growers using banned chemical
Residue of a banned chemical acutely toxic to humans at high levels has been found in cucumbers and bok choy.The New Zealand Food Safety Authority looked at locally produced and imported crops which were prone to exceeding chemical......
Wrong-way death driver had stroke five years ago
Friends of the elderly driver who drove the wrong way down the Northwestern Motorway killing himself and his wife say he should not have been driving after suffering a stroke five years ago and because he did not have a licence.The......
Geoff Harper: Country's rest home industry leaves a lot to be desired
Many New Zealanders, especially those with loved ones in rest homes, think their elderly relatives are safely and carefully looked after by well meaning and benign organisations.This may well have been the situation in the past,......
Hospitals packed as flu hits
Spring temperatures may have arrived early this year but people still need to be wary of illnesses that have pushed hospitals close to capacity.Weather analyst Philip Duncan said the weather pattern for the past week had shifted......
Tom Miller: How to protect yourself from winter lurgies
With cases of swine flu already being reported and winter illnesses about to peak it is timely to reiterate the practical measures that can be taken to avoid respiratory infections and related problems.The contribution of droplet......
Cut to pieces by a cruel disease
Eighteen-year-old Sara Loo's legs and right arm were amputated. She had about 30 operations cutting away and grafting skin to try to beat the meningococcal disease that was killing her.But after contracting the disease in May......
Mother held teenage daughter in her arms and loved her to death
Caroline Loo climbed into her dying daughter's hospital bed and loved her to death.Loo said Sara's last hour was the "perfect ending to an amazing life"."It was the most difficult thing I've ever had to do but it was incredible......
Seeing red over food colours
Food authorities are investigating whether they should ban artificial food colours from breakfast cereals and confectionery items following a study that suggests they may pose a cancer risk, as well as causing hyperactivity in children......
Bargain Betty: Cheap options for keeping soap allergies at bay
Bargain Betty's wallet is allergic to anything expensive. Highly allergic.Finding out after expensive doctors' visits that both children were coming out in spots thanks to soaps and shampoos posed a problem. Any other parent would......
Employee to sue blogger over race smear
SAN DIEGO: A woman who was ousted from her job at the Agriculture Department said yesterday she will sue a conservative blogger who posted an edited video of her making racially tinged remarks last week.The edited video posted......
Bangladesh lifts its rag trade pay 80pc
DHAKA: Bangladesh has raised minimum monthly wages for its millions of garment workers by about 80 per cent after months of violent protests over poor pay and conditions, a Government minister said yesterday.Garment workers in......
Fran O'Sullivan : No winners in workplace row
Prime Minister John Key and Council of Trade Unions boss Helen Kelly are both experienced brinksmanship players.But the high stakes row between Key and Kelly over the Government's plan to toughen up on union access to the workplace......
Hope antidote to morally bleak world
Glance at a newspaper any day of the week and you read about an ethically compromised world, especially in business.How, I ask the "corporate philosopher", does he maintain hope? On the phone from London, Roger Steare is philosophical:......
Bangladesh: Workers riot over low wages
Thousands of garment workers unhappy over their wages rampaged through central Dhaka on Friday, clashing with police who used tear gas and batons to clear the streets.The protesters smashed vehicles and blocked traffic in Dhaka's......
Housing NZ staff stage stoppage
Hundreds of Housing New Zealand Corporation (HNZC) staff will take to the streets today in support of their pay claim.The employees have been taking part in industrial action for a month and are frustrated at what they see as......
Visit from top US union boss cancelled over labour dispute
The United States' top union leader Richard Trumka has cancelled a high-powered visit to New Zealand next February because of the "ongoing labour dispute" between the Key Government and the Council of Trade Unions.The president......
CTU ends co-operation with Govt on trade
The Council of Trade Unions (CTU) says it will no longer co-operate with the Government on trade issues and a United States union boss has cancelled a visit here in response to looming employment law changes.The Government this......
Stagnant US job market hits consumer confidence
NEW YORK - Americans' confidence in the economy eroded further this month amid worries about a still-stagnant job market.The Conference Board, a private research group, said that its Consumer Confidence Index slipped to 50.4 this......
Wage gap with Australia wider - report
Australian workers are being paid even more than their Kiwi cousins since National became the Government. The Dominion Post newspaper reported that while Economic Development Minister Gerry Brownlee was saying the wage gap had......
BP boss: Sometimes you get hit by a bus
Tony Hayward's poorly chosen words in the weeks since the Deepwater Horizon rig blew up in the Gulf of Mexico have hastened his fall from grace.But yesterday, on his final day as BP chief executive, he got it right."Sometimes......
Unions salute firm's bonus long weekend
An Auckland firm is seizing the initiative in boosting public holidays for its workers, and is urging other businesses to follow suit.About 40 staff at Peddle Thorp Architects will enjoy a long weekend from this Friday as the......
My job : Theatre of dreams at your disposal
Name: Sally Woodfield. Age: 42 Role: Self-employed performing arts publicist, marketer and director of her company, SWPR. Hours: An average 50-hour week - more if you count the time spent attending concerts, performances......
Should employers give staff more holidays?
An Auckland firm is seizing the initiative in boosting public holidays for its workers, and is urging other businesses to follow suit.About 40 staff at Peddle Thorp Architects will enjoy a long weekend as the business provides......
Qantas taken to court over 'sham company'
Australian pilots are taking their national airline Qantas to the employment court over allegations that a New Zealand airline is simply a subsidiary set up overseas in a bid to reduce wages.The Australian and International Pilots......
Making the right connections
As so much of our information and activities move to the web, or the cloud, or some sort of digital domain, spare a thought for those who aren't connected yet.According to the World Internet Project 17 per cent of New Zealanders......
Restaurateur denied home detention
An Auckland restaurateur sentenced to jail last year for ordering his staff to beat and kidnap two other workers has had his request for a home detention sentence rejected by the Court of Appeal.Rupinder Singh Chahil was last......
Know your faults to find your strength
A lack of self awareness could be holding back your career, warns Jasbindar Singh HONESTY: Leaders who receive feedback with an open mind can take steps to improve their performance. What we are unaware of controls us.......
Workers win back one lost holiday
Most New Zealanders will miss out on a holiday next year when Anzac Day and Easter Monday fall on the same day - but a precedent-setting agreement for metal workers has brought substitute holidays closer to reality.The agreement,......
US predicts record $2tr deficit
New estimates from the White House predict the budget deficit will reach a record US$1.47 trillion ($2.05 trillion) this year.The US Government is borrowing 41c of every dollar it spends - a little better than predicted in February.The......
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