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Why A 143kg Woman Turned To India For Weight-Loss Surgery

Why A 143kg Woman Turned To India For Weight-Loss Surgery

A Māori mother of four who struggled with obesity for most of her life has lost 73 kilograms after travelling to India for bariatric surgery

August 29, 2025
Auckland ED Nurses Call This Winter The Busiest They Have Ever Seen
Auckland ED Nurses Call This Winter The Busiest They Have Ever Seen
August 19, 2025
Dengue Cases Rise in New Zealand After Overseas Travel
Dengue Cases Rise in New Zealand After Overseas Travel
August 5, 2025
Kiwi Woman Among 10 Travelling To India For Surgery This Year
Kiwi Woman Among 10 Travelling To India For Surgery This Year
August 4, 2025
Baby Dies After Alleged Pharmacy Overdose Error
Baby Dies After Alleged Pharmacy Overdose Error
July 29, 2025
Chch Hospital Staff Sleep In Cars to Secure Parking, Says Mayor
Chch Hospital Staff Sleep In Cars to Secure Parking, Says Mayor
July 16, 2025
Wheelchair-Bound Kiwi Patient Walks Again After Surgery In India
Wheelchair-Bound Kiwi Patient Walks Again After Surgery In India
July 14, 2025
Beauty Treatment Leaves Auckland Woman With Facial Burns
Beauty Treatment Leaves Auckland Woman With Facial Burns
July 10, 2025
NZ Patient Seeks Surgery In India, Leading Doc Backs Medical Tourism
NZ Patient Seeks Surgery In India, Leading Doc Backs Medical Tourism
July 1, 2025
Sweet Dreams Ahead — Melatonin OTC, 'Magic Mushrooms' By Prescription In NZ
Sweet Dreams Ahead — Melatonin OTC, 'Magic Mushrooms' By Prescription In NZ
June 18, 2025
Starship Moves Court To Put Kiwi-Indian Toddler On Morphine
Starship Moves Court To Put Kiwi-Indian Toddler On Morphine
June 6, 2025
What NZ Could Gain From India’s Booming Pharmaceutical Sector
What NZ Could Gain From India’s Booming Pharmaceutical Sector
May 26, 2025
Health Staff Told Not To Talk To Each Other For More Than Five Minutes A Day
Health Staff Told Not To Talk To Each Other For More Than Five Minutes A Day
May 21, 2025
New $9 Million Auckland Hospital ED Officially Opened
New $9 Million Auckland Hospital ED Officially Opened
April 10, 2025
Health NZ Proposes To Axe Jobs From High-Earning Team
Health NZ Proposes To Axe Jobs From High-Earning Team
April 10, 2025
Hundreds More Health Workers Being Assaulted At Work
Hundreds More Health Workers Being Assaulted At Work
April 8, 2025
15-Minute Consults Causing More Delays For Patients, Say GPs
15-Minute Consults Causing More Delays For Patients, Say GPs
March 31, 2025
Study Into Why Fijian NZers Are At A Higher Risk Of Heart Attacks
Study Into Why Fijian NZers Are At A Higher Risk Of Heart Attacks
March 28, 2025
top Medical Graduate Struggles To Find Job
top Medical Graduate Struggles To Find Job
March 24, 2025
Hospital Staff To Meet Over Shortages Delaying Appointments, Scan Results
Hospital Staff To Meet Over Shortages Delaying Appointments, Scan Results
March 14, 2025
Ultrasound Delay Leaves Woman Feeling Like A 'Ticking Time Bomb'
Ultrasound Delay Leaves Woman Feeling Like A 'Ticking Time Bomb'
March 12, 2025
Health Minister Simeon Brown Announces Major Overhaul Of Health Sector
Health Minister Simeon Brown Announces Major Overhaul Of Health Sector
March 7, 2025
Greenlane Clinical Centre Delays Surgeries Over Power Outage
Greenlane Clinical Centre Delays Surgeries Over Power Outage
March 6, 2025
Angel Without Wings: The Journey Of A Special Boy
Angel Without Wings: The Journey Of A Special Boy
February 14, 2025
NZ Class Action Launched Over Cold & Flu Medicine Product
NZ Class Action Launched Over Cold & Flu Medicine Product
February 13, 2025
Union Hits Back At 'Astonishing' Health NZ Cuts
Union Hits Back At 'Astonishing' Health NZ Cuts
February 10, 2025
Simeon Brown Lines Up ED Wait Times, Primary Healthcare For Fix List
Simeon Brown Lines Up ED Wait Times, Primary Healthcare For Fix List
January 30, 2025
Auckland Samosa Seller Fined Due To Lack Of Food Safety Records
Auckland Samosa Seller Fined Due To Lack Of Food Safety Records
January 21, 2025
New Zealand Develops Smallest Brain Implant Ever
New Zealand Develops Smallest Brain Implant Ever
January 19, 2025
Union Considers Stab-Proof Vests & Alarms Following Nurse Attack
Union Considers Stab-Proof Vests & Alarms Following Nurse Attack
January 17, 2025
ACC Receives Over 300 Cockroach-Related Claims In 5 Years
ACC Receives Over 300 Cockroach-Related Claims In 5 Years
January 16, 2025
Patient Tried To Strangle Middlemore Nurse In Unprovoked Attack: Report
Patient Tried To Strangle Middlemore Nurse In Unprovoked Attack: Report
January 10, 2025
Health NZ Staff In Meetings Over Job Cuts
Health NZ Staff In Meetings Over Job Cuts
December 13, 2024
Hundreds More Jobs Set To Go At Health New Zealand
Hundreds More Jobs Set To Go At Health New Zealand
December 12, 2024
Medics To Cover For Admin Toilet Breaks
Medics To Cover For Admin Toilet Breaks
December 10, 2024
Nearly 800 Surgeries Cancelled, Postponed In Auckland, Hamilton
Nearly 800 Surgeries Cancelled, Postponed In Auckland, Hamilton
December 4, 2024
Nurses Go On Strike Across The Nation Today
Nurses Go On Strike Across The Nation Today
December 3, 2024
Front-Line Hospital Workers Told Jobs Could Soon Be Gone
Front-Line Hospital Workers Told Jobs Could Soon Be Gone
December 3, 2024
'I Started Applying For Australia': Nurses Turn Across The Ditch For Work
'I Started Applying For Australia': Nurses Turn Across The Ditch For Work
November 29, 2024
Elevated Arsenic Levels In Waikato River Affecting Water Supplies
Elevated Arsenic Levels In Waikato River Affecting Water Supplies
November 28, 2024
Patient Dies Amid Wait For Lab To Be Fixed
Patient Dies Amid Wait For Lab To Be Fixed
November 28, 2024
Half Of Nursing Graduates Miss Out On Job Offer
Half Of Nursing Graduates Miss Out On Job Offer
November 28, 2024
Nurses' Union Calls Nationwide Strike Over Pay Dispute With Health NZ
Nurses' Union Calls Nationwide Strike Over Pay Dispute With Health NZ
November 18, 2024
Women’s Wellness, Family Services & Breast Screenings At NZICA Expo
Women’s Wellness, Family Services & Breast Screenings At NZICA Expo
November 15, 2024
Health Workers Quit Over Safety Fears As Police Pull Back On Mental Health Callouts
Health Workers Quit Over Safety Fears As Police Pull Back On Mental Health...
November 4, 2024
Leaked Email Shows Staff Wanted Hospital Closed If No Doctor On
Leaked Email Shows Staff Wanted Hospital Closed If No Doctor On
October 25, 2024
Nurses Boycott Patient Who Wanted ‘White-Only’ Staff
Nurses Boycott Patient Who Wanted ‘White-Only’ Staff
October 25, 2024
Health Minister Eyes Immigration Changes For Healthcare Staff
Health Minister Eyes Immigration Changes For Healthcare Staff
October 24, 2024
Language Directive A 'Lurch Back In Time': Health Professor
Language Directive A 'Lurch Back In Time': Health Professor
October 21, 2024
'Culturally Intolerable' For Nurses Not To Speak English? Or 'Racist' To Insist?
'Culturally Intolerable' For Nurses Not To Speak English? Or 'Racist' To Insist?
October 17, 2024
Indian Nurses In Palmerston North Told Not To Speak Their Language At Work
Indian Nurses In Palmerston North Told Not To Speak Their Language At Work
October 16, 2024
No Blanket Ban On Hindi At Hospitals: Health NZ
No Blanket Ban On Hindi At Hospitals: Health NZ
October 15, 2024
Indian, Filipino, Pasifika Nurses Told To Speak English Only At Waikato Hospital
Indian, Filipino, Pasifika Nurses Told To Speak English Only At Waikato Hospital
October 15, 2024
82-Year-Old Man Dies In Toilet At Overcrowded Hospital ED
82-Year-Old Man Dies In Toilet At Overcrowded Hospital ED
October 14, 2024
Health NZ Staff Told They Must Take Three Weeks' Off Over Xmas
Health NZ Staff Told They Must Take Three Weeks' Off Over Xmas
October 11, 2024
Health NZ Wants To Cut Four Chief Medical Officer Roles
Health NZ Wants To Cut Four Chief Medical Officer Roles
October 9, 2024
International Nurse Leaving NZ Amid Job Shortage
International Nurse Leaving NZ Amid Job Shortage
October 1, 2024
Auckland Man With Crushed Fingers Faces Long Wait For Emergency Care
Auckland Man With Crushed Fingers Faces Long Wait For Emergency Care
September 30, 2024
Friends Of Fiji Health NZ Inc Launches 34th Mission, Expands Urology
Friends Of Fiji Health NZ Inc Launches 34th Mission, Expands Urology
September 22, 2024
Families Consider Leaving Area Due To Lack Of Access To Healthcare
Families Consider Leaving Area Due To Lack Of Access To Healthcare
September 17, 2024
Nursing Jobs 'Ghosted' As Health NZ Cuts Costs
Nursing Jobs 'Ghosted' As Health NZ Cuts Costs
September 17, 2024
Woman ED Diagnosed With Indigestion Died At Home
Woman ED Diagnosed With Indigestion Died At Home
September 16, 2024
Indian Nurses Get A Gloomy Message From High Commission
Indian Nurses Get A Gloomy Message From High Commission
September 10, 2024
Patient Dies In ED Waiting Room At Hospital
Patient Dies In ED Waiting Room At Hospital
September 10, 2024
Pharmacies Hit With Staff Shortages Amid Workload Rise: Survey
Pharmacies Hit With Staff Shortages Amid Workload Rise: Survey
September 5, 2024
Kiwi-Indian Nurses Struggling To Sustain Amid Hiring Freeze
Kiwi-Indian Nurses Struggling To Sustain Amid Hiring Freeze
September 4, 2024
GPs 'In Crisis' & Patients Paying The Price: Survey
GPs 'In Crisis' & Patients Paying The Price: Survey
September 2, 2024
Woman Says She Waited 16 Hours At Hospital ED
Woman Says She Waited 16 Hours At Hospital ED
August 28, 2024
Nurses To Strike Over Concerns About Lack Of Doctors After Hours
Nurses To Strike Over Concerns About Lack Of Doctors After Hours
August 20, 2024
Doctors Speak Out As New Patients Turned Away From Hospital
Doctors Speak Out As New Patients Turned Away From Hospital
August 16, 2024
Nurses Struggle To Find Jobs Despite Critical Shortages
Nurses Struggle To Find Jobs Despite Critical Shortages
August 7, 2024
Health New Zealand To Go Broke?
Health New Zealand To Go Broke?
August 6, 2024
Doctors Told To Make Beds, Clean Commodes At Hospital
Doctors Told To Make Beds, Clean Commodes At Hospital
August 2, 2024
Health NZ Drops Tool That Factored In Ethnicity For Waitlists
Health NZ Drops Tool That Factored In Ethnicity For Waitlists
August 1, 2024
What's Gone Wrong With New Zealand's Health System?
What's Gone Wrong With New Zealand's Health System?
July 31, 2024
No On-Site Doctors In Hospital Overnight Amid Staff Shortage
No On-Site Doctors In Hospital Overnight Amid Staff Shortage
July 29, 2024
Health NZ Proposes Cuts To Recently Established Jobs
Health NZ Proposes Cuts To Recently Established Jobs
July 25, 2024
Rotorua Hospital : Patients Sent Back To ED From Other Wards
Rotorua Hospital : Patients Sent Back To ED From Other Wards
July 25, 2024
Doctors Warn Fees Will Need To Rise Due To Funding 'Shortfall'
Doctors Warn Fees Will Need To Rise Due To Funding 'Shortfall'
July 19, 2024
Home Support Nurses Strike for Fair Cost-of-Living Pay
Home Support Nurses Strike for Fair Cost-of-Living Pay
July 15, 2024
Frontline Hospital Roles Going Unfilled Amid Hiring Freeze
Frontline Hospital Roles Going Unfilled Amid Hiring Freeze
July 15, 2024
What To Do About Winter Bugs: A GP's Advice
What To Do About Winter Bugs: A GP's Advice
July 8, 2024
Cancer Treatment & Surgery Wait Times Worsen: Report
Cancer Treatment & Surgery Wait Times Worsen: Report
July 5, 2024
Man Left With Burns After Dermatology Clinic Gives Wrong Treatment
Man Left With Burns After Dermatology Clinic Gives Wrong Treatment
June 24, 2024
'We'll Go To Australia': NZ Graduate Nurses Not Guaranteed Jobs
'We'll Go To Australia': NZ Graduate Nurses Not Guaranteed Jobs
June 20, 2024
Health NZ Imposes Hiring Freeze On Non-Frontline Roles
Health NZ Imposes Hiring Freeze On Non-Frontline Roles
June 14, 2024
Woman Dies As Cancer Goes Undiagnosed By Doctors For 5 Years
Woman Dies As Cancer Goes Undiagnosed By Doctors For 5 Years
June 10, 2024
Here Is How Sick Leave Changes Will Affect You
Here Is How Sick Leave Changes Will Affect You
June 7, 2024
Covid Cases, Rules, & Free Stuff: What You Need To Know
Covid Cases, Rules, & Free Stuff: What You Need To Know
May 29, 2024
Hundreds Experienced International Nurses Jobless Amid Shortage
Hundreds Experienced International Nurses Jobless Amid Shortage
May 28, 2024
Covid: NZ Experiencing Highest Peak In 18 Months
Covid: NZ Experiencing Highest Peak In 18 Months
May 27, 2024
Husband Helpless As Wife Dies Despite Six Ambulance Calls
Husband Helpless As Wife Dies Despite Six Ambulance Calls
May 27, 2024
'Vampire Facial' Offered By A Salon Without Medical Qualifications?
'Vampire Facial' Offered By A Salon Without Medical Qualifications?
May 9, 2024
23-Year-Old In Hospital after 'One In A Million' Reaction
23-Year-Old In Hospital after 'One In A Million' Reaction
May 6, 2024
Hospital Hiring Has To Go Through Head Office
Hospital Hiring Has To Go Through Head Office
May 1, 2024
Drinking Water Standard For Nitrate Needs Review: Canterbury Public Health Expert
Drinking Water Standard For Nitrate Needs Review: Canterbury Public Health...
April 30, 2024
Pharmac's Budget Boosted To $6.3B Over Next 4 Years
Pharmac's Budget Boosted To $6.3B Over Next 4 Years
April 29, 2024
'Totally Unacceptable': Man Has To Wait A Year For Surgery
'Totally Unacceptable': Man Has To Wait A Year For Surgery
April 29, 2024
Injured Man Gives Up Waiting For Help After 7 Hours At Hospital
Injured Man Gives Up Waiting For Help After 7 Hours At Hospital
April 27, 2024
Hospitals Asked To Make More Than $80m In Savings By July
Hospitals Asked To Make More Than $80m In Savings By July
April 26, 2024
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