Health

[ad_1] The growing number of cases from India made the Asian giant the second most affected country by the pandemic today, behind the United States, as its efforts to avoid economic disaster take on urgency. The 90,802 cases added in the last 24 hours pushed India’s total beyond Brazil with …

[ad_1] He was asked to pay the $ 7000, was given sedatives, and then sat in a waiting room, where he signed a consent form. When it came time for surgery, the investigation found that the ophthalmologist had selected the wrong size treatment package. This meant that the laser was …

[ad_1] MARTY SHARPE / Things Napier Port’s Michael de Vos took Judith Collins on a tour of a penguin sanctuary developed by the port. Methamphetamine, no blue penguins, and friendly talks on the finer points of mechanical engineering. Judith Collins’ visit to Napier’s electorate began with a meeting with representatives …

[ad_1] Chris McKeen / Stuff Up to 500 people a month are redirected from the Middlemore Hospital emergency department to private accident and emergency clinics for treatment. (File photo) The Middlemore Hospital emergency department is giving non-urgent patients up to 500 free vouchers a month to encourage them to go …

[ad_1] NEWS FROM THE COOK ISLANDS / Provided Dr. Joe Williams and his wife Jill, who was by his side at the hospital. The grieving whanau of the former Cook Islands prime minister, who died of coronavirus in Auckland, still does not know how he contracted the disease. Dr. Joseph …

[ad_1] An elderly woman who was assaulted and robbed at her Levin home described one of the assailants accused of having “pure evil in his eyes.” Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook Grace Virtue, who was 90, died of a brain injury weeks after being assaulted and robbed during her home …

[ad_1] The growing number of coronavirus cases in India made the Asian giant the second most affected country by the pandemic behind the United States on Monday, as its efforts to avoid economic disaster take on urgency. The 90,802 cases added in the last 24 hours pushed India’s total beyond …

[ad_1] A family in Rarotonga was forced into supervised quarantine after a member violated Covid rules to visit a New Zealand returnee in isolation. The Cook Islands government says the contact between the family member and the recent arrival from New Zealand was “brief and apparently unintentional,” but now the …

[ad_1] A patient is in serious condition after a bulldozer rolled across farmland in the Hawke’s Bay settlement in Te Hāroto. A spokesman for St John’s ambulance confirmed the patient’s condition and that they were taken to Rotorua Hospital by helicopter. A Worksafe spokesperson said the person appeared to have …

[ad_1] A Hamilton woman was left in tears after failing a full driver’s license test as soon as the testing officer opened the passenger door. The reason? A dirty front seat in Letticia Pevy’s black Mazda multifunction vehicle. The licensing officer cited it as a Covid-19 risk. Pevy said he …