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John Mutu Grigg’s health article in the Mahurangi Matters

“Doc, I can’t feel my fingers” Numbness and tingling in the fingers is very a common condition. “Carpal tunnel syndrome”, or pressure on the median nerve at the wrist has an incidence of between 3-5% of the population. This presents with numbness, tingling or pins and needles in all or some of, the thumb, index, […]

Jonathan Koea’s health article in the Mahurangi Matters

Twenty years ago, the average hospital stay for a patient undergoing groin hernia repair was one and a half days, five days for gallbladder removal, one night for repair of an umbilical hernia and four days for repair of an incisional hernia. Up to six weeks off work was required to recuperate after each operation. […]