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.

NEW HEALTH Minister David Cunliffe needs to act decisively tomorrow to put Capital and Coast Health out of its public misery. But it will take more than a cash injection - and the departure of its CEO Margot Mains - to rectify this bureaucratic cot case.

A 4-year-old New Zealand girl possibly suffering from Creutzfeld-Jakob disease will not receive surgery due to the risk it could pose to others. The girl's mother, whose name was not released, said the surgeon told her one of the tools needed costs thousands and is needed for other patients.

By Suddaby Reon A nurse simultaneously employed by both Waikato and Middlemore hospitals has admitted falsely calling in sick at one to work at the other, but has denied other allegations. She will now have to wait to find out whether she will be disciplined.

By Suddaby Reon A nurse employed at both Waikato Hospital and Auckland's Middlemore Hospital worked at one while telling the other she was sick, and continued to work at Waikato Hospital after claiming ACC for an accident at Middlemore.