Letters: Anzac Day, foreign alliances, Arkwright days and cancer treatment
26 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Armed forces personnel march to commemorate Anzac Day at the Auckland War Memorial Museum on April 25, 2021. Photo / Getty Images
Armed forces personnel march to commemorate Anzac Day at the Auckland War Memorial Museum on April 25, 2021. Photo / Getty Images
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Reflecting on our foreign alliances It was good to return to the traditional camaraderie of Anzac Day, commemorating the traumas of our wars and respecting the various sufferings involved. It is also important to remember the causes of these wars, and the circumstances which made such slaughter seem necessary.
Misdiagnosed Auckland woman with melanoma has turn for worse, needs hugely expensive new treatment
25 Apr, 2021 05:03 AM
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Gemma Malins and her husband Brandon. Malins was misdiagnosed when she had an aggressive melanoma and now needs more treatment costing tens of thousands of dollars. Photo / Supplied
Gemma Malins and her husband Brandon. Malins was misdiagnosed when she had an aggressive melanoma and now needs more treatment costing tens of thousands of dollars. Photo / Supplied
After misdiagnosis, an impromptu wedding and multiple treatments, a young Auckland woman has been told a hugely expensive medication is her last chance to beat cancer.
Gemma Malins, 28, was diagnosed with stage-four metastatic melanoma in October, 2019 despite earlier medical reassurance.
The New Zealand woman, who was studying to be an early childhood teacher, hasn t been responding to treatment for the aggressive cancer over a year that has spread to her brain and lungs.
Gemma Malins, 28, (pictured on holiday with her husband Brandon) was diagnosed with stage-four metastatic melanoma in October, 2019
Ms Malins and her partner Brandon accelerated their wedding plans after her shattering diagnosis in 2019 with a form of aggressive cancer Things haven t been so good. The treatment I am having every three weeks has stopped working, she told 7News.