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Mar
Published by MacDoctor on March 4th, 2010
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That, apparently, was the defense that was put forward by the killer of Navtej Singh, the man shot by thugs in his liquor store and left to bleed to death. Anitelea Chan-Kee, the man behind the gun that ended Navtej Singh’s life claims that the killing was “accidental” because he “did not realise the gun was [...]
10
Feb
Published by MacDoctor on February 10th, 2010
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The Auckland DHB say that Labtests has improved significantly over the past few months.
The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia had come in to assess areas of concern, the health board itself had instigated intensive monitoring and there had been a “radical reduction” in complaints about the service, both from the public and the clinical [...]
19
Jan
Published by MacDoctor on January 19th, 2010
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I have recently gone back into general practice full-time. One thing that seems very clear to me is that it has become increasingly difficult to refer people into the hospital system unless they are critically ill. My last stint as a GP was in mid-2007, but, at that time, it seemed reasonably easy to refer [...]
15
Dec
Published by MacDoctor on December 15th, 2009
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I see Len Brown wants to limit the spend on each candidate for the Auckland Mayoralty to $150,000. This is quite amusing, considering he has spend around that amount already. The man certainly has chutzpah…
The actual amount spent by candidates on an election is not relevant. Despite Labour’s longtime gripe over election spending limits (and [...]
19
Nov
Published by MacDoctor on November 19th, 2009
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Spam Journalism: The spurious use of sensational headlines to add spice to an otherwise pointless article.
Why is it that, every time Tony Ryall says anything about health funding, the effect of the change is either minimised, if positive, or greatly exaggerated, if negative?
Health cuts loom as Govt refocuses spending
District health board chiefs are bracing themselves [...]
31
Oct
Published by MacDoctor on October 31st, 2009
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Spam Journalism: The spurious use of sensational headlines to add spice to an otherwise pointless article.
Well, half the headline is ok…
DHBs, union clash over plan to axe 20 doctors
Plans to cut 20 resident doctor positions at Auckland hospitals will increase the pressure on remaining staff and threatens standards of patient care, a unionist says.
But the [...]
27
Sep
Published by MacDoctor on September 27th, 2009
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The HoS reports that Waitakere Hospital’s emergency department closes its doors after 6.30 at night and emergencies are redirected to the Whitecross A&M or to North Shore Hospital, 25 minutes drive away.
Actually, this is not news at all. Waitakere hospital has been doing this for nearly a year. The only thing that has changed is [...]
27
Sep
Published by MacDoctor on September 27th, 2009
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May as well print this up now guys. Len Brown tells us that he would relish the opportunity to work alongside Sue Bradford on the Auckland Super City Council. Seeing as Ms. Bradford appears to think that 87% of the country are morons, I would say supporting her for the city council would be the [...]
18
Sep
Published by MacDoctor on September 18th, 2009
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I guess it was only a matter of time before someone would start advocating for Maori seats on all town councils. Ngati Whatua spokesman Ngarimu Blair declares:
“We will be looking to other iwi leaders and tribes from around the country to also join that chorus because there is a super city or super town coming [...]
17
Sep
Published by MacDoctor on September 17th, 2009
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There’s an interesting development in the Labtests story. Adolf Fiinkensein at No Minister posed a series of questions to Tony Ryall yesterday, for which he received a very interesting e-mail today. The sender alleges that three of the HDC complaints are made by a DML Employee’s wife and four were made by a group of [...]