Patient Story
Meet Tilly from Upper Hutt
When two-year-old Tilly's blood test showed an abnormal result, her mum decided to Google what that meant. The first thing that came up was leukaemia.
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Meet Jarrod from Wairarapa
It was a wet day at work for Jarrod, who was driving along the rugged Mount Bruce landscape when suddenly he found himself rolling down a steep, grassy hill.
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Meet Kaz from Kāpiti
As Kaz lay in agony in the Maungakotukutuku hills with life-threatening injuries, the sound of the whirring blades of the Westpac Chopper gave her hope.
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Meet Santiago from Wellington
Kylie, her husband Fede and their two children went for a Sunday hike in the Remutaka Forest Park when disaster struck.
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Meet Alice from Paraparaumu
Alice was winched from the Paraparaumu bush after a severe fall.
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Meet Waylon from Clyde
When newborn Waylon started losing consciousness, an Air Ambulance Plane was quickly dispatched to get him to Wellington Hospital.
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Meet Zachariah from Palmerston North
Being helped by a manual oxygen pump, premature baby Zachariah needed to get to Wellington Hospital fast.
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Meet Pip from Feilding
Thanks to your support, Pip was able to recover from a brain aneurysm, a condition that has a 60% survival rate.
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Meet Stefan from Wairarapa
A routine tonsillectomy turned into an emergency transfer from Masterton to Wellington for four-year-old Stefan, his mum, and baby sister.
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Meet Lincoln from Upper Hutt
Floating alone, freezing, 300 metres off the coast - Lincoln grew weaker by the second.
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