So we re part of their foundation which is doing a fundraising drive to assist in this project and you can go to their website and donate and you can donate any amount, but we thought we d do something different rather than our normal celebration for our annual birthdays.
Harpreet Singh
Radio Tarana managing director Robert Khan, left, pictured with Hemant Parikh, who has been with the station since day one, 25 years ago. Young lad in the front is Kiyaan, Robert s son. Starship has New Zealand s only dedicated paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) caring for critically ill children from across the country, and if there s one problem they haven t been able to fix, it is the shortage of hospital beds.
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Population growth, combined with changes in care and treatment for critically sick and injured children and the growing complexity of cases, means Starship’s PICU is under “ever-increasing pressure”, Beca said. An expansion plan is set to get underway later this year, starting with the addition of 10 new intensive care beds before winter 2022, lifting capacity by 45 per cent.
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There are about 1200 admissions to Starship’s paediatric intensive care unit each year, but just 22 beds. (File photo) Additional whānau and staff support spaces and a new medical day stay unit are also part of the redevelopment project which will roll out over two to three years.
Fighter baby Talo: Toddler had three heart attacks in just over a week
13 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Talo Ah-Shew had three heart attacks in just over a week and had not been expected to survive. Photo / Supplied
Talo Ah-Shew had three heart attacks in just over a week and had not been expected to survive. Photo / Supplied
A little girl who had three massive heart attacks as a toddler has made a miraculous recovery, with her family crediting the team at Starship Children s Hospital.
Little Taloapatina Ah-Shew was 14 months when she was first admitted to Starship in November 2019 after a doctor treating her for bronchitis found she had a heart murmur.