How a broken health system is failing New Zealand women

The nation’s health system is failing women, often making them feel like their illness is a figment of their imagination.  Women are sometimes suffering for years longer than they should be, and this oversight ends up costing the healthcare system millions of extra dollars.      So how did we get to this point? And more importantly, how do we improve women’s healthcare?  Today, NZ Herald health reporter Emma Russell joins Damien to talk about how women are suffering within a broken system.   You can read the full In Her Head series here Follow The Front Page on iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts. You can read more about this and other stories in the New Zealand Herald, online at nzherald.co.nz, or tune in to news bulletins across the NZME network. Host / Producer: Damien VenutoProducer / Editor: Shaun D Wilson Executive Producer: Ethan Sills See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.