All dressed up for intensive care appeal.MIDDLEMOREHOSPITAL intensive care unit (ICU ICU intensive care unit. ICU abbr. intensive care unit ICU see intensive care unit. ICU ) nurse Sarah Skinner brings a little glamour to her work, in a gown made from theatre scrubs scrubs See Surgical scrubs. , gloves and glitter wristbands. Looking on is Auckland Hospital ICU nurse Shanyn Alliston, in a far less glamourous outfit of regular scrubs. The "theatrical" gown was designed by Annah Stretton of the Annah S fashion label to launch the 2003 Intensive Care Appeal, which ran from July 1-14. The glitter wristbands were the fundraising item for the appeal. The appeal was to raise funds for research into brain and lung injury, infection and overall prevention. Appeal chair Fran Wilde Fran Wilde QSO (1951- ), is a New Zealand politician, and former Wellington Labour MP and 31st Mayor of Wellington. She was the first woman to serve as Mayor of Wellington. said survival rates in New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. ICUs were very high at 85 percent. More than 20,000 patients a year are treated in ICUs across the country. |
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