Archives - February 2015

All New Zealanders want their families and financial health to be protected when their physical health lets them down. New Zealand enjoys an outstanding public health system, supported by ACC, but these schemes do have limitations. As the public system tries to cope with population pressures it has to ration access to services. By contrast …

Andrea Macnee is frustrated with the long wait for breast reconstruction surgery. Photo / Christine O’Connor A Dunedin woman who had a mastectomy more than two years ago is ”unbelievably frustrated” with the scores of people waiting for breast reconstruction surgery at Dunedin Hospital. Andrea Macnee, 33, found a lump on her left breast in …