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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Health & Safety articles  Health & Safety
    PNG hospital says anyone prepared to take conjoined twins 'must be willing to the risks'
     4 November 2025
    The mother of a rare set of conjoined twins is begging doctors to explore other options after a Papua New Guinea hospital recommended against sending the infants overseas for surgery.
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    Papua New Guinea conjoined twins should not be separated due to risk of death, hospital says
    4 Nov: Conjoined twins are extraordinarily rare, accounting for fewer than every two in 100,000 births.... more
    Hopes care will speed up at Nelson Hospital's emergency department - as an extension opens its doors
    3 Nov: Hopes care will speed up at Nelson Hospital's emergency department - as an extension opens its doors... more
    A woman with a brain injury after receiving an opioid overdose in hospital - now has permanent memory issues
    3 Nov: A woman with a brain injury after receiving an opioid overdose in hospital - now has permanent memory issues... more
    Health New Zealand's concerned measles could become widespread, despite vaccination rates picking up
    3 Nov: Health New Zealand's concerned measles could become widespread, despite vaccination rates picking up... more
    A public health expert's slamming the Government's handling of measles, as the number of cases climb
    2 Nov: A public health expert's slamming the Government's handling of measles, as the number of cases climb... more
    Concern over the number of young people being diagnosed with type two diabetes
    2 Nov: Concern over the number of young people being diagnosed with type two diabetes... more
    More than two thousand doses of the MMR vaccine were administered yesterday as measles cases rise around the country
    2 Nov: More than two thousand doses of the MMR vaccine were administered yesterday as measles cases rise around the country... more
    Health New Zealand is launching Measles Immunisation Week tomorrow to get a growing outbreak under control
    2 Nov: Health New Zealand is launching Measles Immunisation Week tomorrow to get a growing outbreak under control... more

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