Recently I spent a week quite sick in Christchurch Hospital. It is easy to make observations when you are lying in bed unable to do much. The team of three doctors, so young, vibrant and knowledgeable and competent to make decisions immediately, impressed me.

By CREAN, Mike Many health professionals remember Ross Fairgray with affection. As Medical Superintendent of Christchurch Hospital, Fairgray "went the extra mile" to make staff feel valued.

By WYLIE, Katie A leaking plastic pipe, worth less than $10, forced the closure of a $1.8 million scanner in Christchurch Hospital. Staff discovered a leak in the ceiling of a radiology room that houses the hospital's MRI scanner about 11 days ago.

By THOMAS, Kim Patients are still waiting in corridors in Christchurch Hospital's emergency department despite management assurances a radical overhaul this year would address overcrowding.

Christchurch Hospital changed its drug protocols because of concerns over morphine theft, says a senior manager. Police are investigating the theft of drugs from the hospital after nursing staff found some had been replaced with water or diluted.