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    Mental health patients fight smoking ban

     20 May 2013

    Patients are fighting a ban against smoking at mental health wards controlled by Waitemata District Health Board in the High Court.

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    NZ diabetes patients could join lawsuit
    19 May: An Australian law firm is calling on New Zealanders to get involved in a US class action if they think they have developed cancer by taking diabetes pills.... more
    Ryman eyes more land after profit jump
    16 May: Retirement village operator Ryman Healthcare's annual profit jumps by 13 per cent and it says it will acquire more land to help it grow.... more
    AWF pays out on Panacea sale
    15 May: Labour contract firm AWF is giving shareholders most of the proceeds from its $2.24m sale of Panacea Healthcare.... more
    Sheep stampede puts woman in hospital
    15 May: A Wairarapa woman in her 50s is in hospital after being knocked over and trampled on by a mob of sheep.... more
    Young asthmatics struggle to read in class
    13 May: Breathlessness is forcing young asthmatic children to read more slowly and pause often as they encounter new words, Canterbury University research shows.... more
    Less access to breast reduction surgery
    12 May: New Zealanders arn't getting fair access to breast reduction surgery compared with other surgeries which also improve life quality, a study says.... more
    Tongan princess gives birth
    11 May: The first son of Crown Prince Tupouto'a, the heir to the Tongan throne, and Princess Sinaitakala was born in Auckland Hospital on Friday.... more
    Hospital left old man waiting for hours
    9 May: NZ First says an 82-year-old man waited nine hours in Palmerston North Hospital without treatment, but the hospital says its care was appropriate.... more
    NZ fall on mothers list misleading
    7 May: A change in study methods has seen New Zealand fall from fourth to 17th in rankings of the best countries in the world to be a mother.... more

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