Winter ills hard to shake and perinatal stats gasp-inducing

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Winter ills hard to shake and perinatal stats gasp-inducing

17 July 2024

Patrice

Dougan

pdougan@nzdoctor.co.nz

Wednesday 17 July 2024, 06:00 AM

Winter is here – and with it, a multitude of sicknesses [Image: Tero Vesalainen on iStock]

The Government’s decision to remove COVID sick leave for health workers is questionable, when mask-wearing is low and winter ills are flourishing. Also a shock is reading the latest statistics on perinatal mortality, writes deputy editor Patrice Dougan

The worst part is how many of these deaths could be mitigated if ethnic and socioeconomic disparities were addressed Winter is officially here –

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