Auckland- Hospitals

Hospital soon to perform abortions

Southland Hospital is expected to be licensed to perform abortions from July The Southern District Health Board currently provides the service at Dunedin Hospital but chief medical officer David Tulloch said abortions would be provided closer to home as part of the expansion of clinical services at Southland Hospital The service at Southland ... Read More

Concerns in UK over feeding tube diet

Dieticians have warned of the dangers of losing weight with a starvation diet available in Britain for the first time The British Dietetic Association BDA says there are huge risks to the diet in which people are given just 130 calories a day through a feeding tube that goes up their nose and down to their stomach The 10day regime forces the ... Read More