如果天堂有医院，那应该就是但尼丁医院的样子

       新西兰之旅，是我出国游的最后一站。到了我这个年纪，本来我应该安安静静地在家里修养，但是新西兰这个绕不开的国家一直在我的脑海里转悠，我记得在五十多年前的时候，我从一本画册上第一次看到新西兰，我就被新西兰深深地吸引，那些天然的海湾、湛蓝的天空和神秘的山谷，不断地在我脑海里闪现。所以我觉得我这一生一定要去一次新西兰。

       新西兰国土面积约为27万平方公里，水域面积占2.1%，国土长1600公里，东西最宽处宽450公里，海岸线长6900公里。新西兰由北岛、南岛、斯图尔特岛及其附近一些小岛组成，新西兰素以“绿色”著称。境内多山，山地和丘陵占总面积75%以上。两座主要岛屿（南岛与北岛）面积约为266200km²。新西兰平原狭小。河流短而湍急，航运不便，但水利资源丰富。北岛多火山和温泉，南岛多冰河与湖泊。南岛的库克峰海拔3754米，为全国最高峰。海岸线长约1.5万公里。

       经过十多个小时的飞行，飞机在奥克兰机场降落。出关，取了行李，大家等着上车，外面下着小雨，都在里面等，环顾大厅，没有什么豪华装饰，只有一架旧式飞机吊在大厅顶上。感觉大厅特别安静，这种安静有一种特别的劲道，让人感到威压。大巴来了，装上行李，然后登车。大巴直接开到一个景点，是一个小山坡，是要爬上一处台阶，到上面去观望奥克兰城市全景。我半途而退，转身回到大巴前，等大家回来。

       随后，我们先后游览了奥克兰华卡雷瓦雷瓦毛利村、玛塔玛塔霍比特人村、《魔戒》《指环王》的取景地、罗托鲁阿湖和奥克兰城市，然后在次日从奥克兰飞往南岛的皇后镇游览。

       新西兰的皇后镇是一个被南阿尔卑斯山包围的美丽小镇，也是一个依山傍水的美丽城市。皇后镇全处都是观光地点，夏季蓝天艳阳，秋季为鲜红与金黄的叶子染成缤纷多彩的面貌，冬天的气候清爽晴朗，还有大片覆着白雪的山岭，而春天又是百花盛开的日子。四季分明，各有着截然不同的面貌。市区附近的瓦卡蒂普湖(Lake Wakatipu)是座深而蓝的高山湖。壮丽的山脉上几座覆着白雪的绿棕色山点缀于背景中。从皇后镇到山顶，则是一片绿油油的色彩。皇后镇之名源于殖民者认为此处风景秀丽应属女王所有，由此得名皇后镇。

       皇后镇是我非常期待的游览景点，这是因为我的挚友沈世光兄跟我多次介绍过皇后镇，他还特别拍下了他们居住在湖边的饭店的照片，说住在这个饭店可以饱览高山湖的湖景。所以我一到皇后镇就连续拍了几张饭店的照片发给世光兄。这一天，我们在皇后镇旅游，特别坐游轮一个多小时，抵达到一处风景点，在这边好好的吃的一顿午餐，并观看剃羊毛的节目，下午又坐游轮回到镇上，又游览了镇上的几处景点，然后我们到达下榻的宾馆，大家放下行李，又随团出去游览，这时候我已经感觉到疲倦，就没有再出去，一个人呆在宾馆里，一直到晚上，我出现了胸口闷痛，开始我没太当一回事，吃了一片止痛药就休息，可是到夜里我突然感觉到有些喘不过气来，于是就打电话给导游，要求到医院去看看，很快救护车就赶来宾馆，两位医护人员给我做了检查，就把我抬到担架车上，然后推到门口的救护车上，车子开到皇后镇的医院，医院的医生立刻做了各种检查，初步诊断为心力衰竭，然后用药挂瓶进行治疗抢救，一直弄到早晨，医生跟我说由于皇后镇的医院是一个小医院，他们要把用直升机送我到但尼丁医院去治疗，于是中午时候来了一架直升机，停在医院院子里的草坪上，医护人员把我推上了直升机里，直升机大约开了几十分钟落到了新西兰南部城市但尼丁医院的大楼顶上，工作人员就把我直接推到大楼的急诊室进行治疗，经过两天的观察治疗，我又被安排到了一个大病房里。

       我独自躺在病床上，望着窗外但尼丁的城市景像，我的心绪慢慢平复下来，或许这是一种心灵的感应——宽大的病房，整洁的走廊、医护人员有条不紊的给你检查，每隔一阵都有护士来给你测血压、血糖等等各种检查，饭前也有工作人员来仔细询问你想吃什么饭菜，这一切让你有种回家的感觉，感到温馨、亲切和安宁。
         很快我的主治医生彼特先生( Dr Peter McLeod ）前来给我会诊，他带着两位实习医生和护士，非常认真地听着实习医生介绍我的病情，并且详细的询问我目前的状况。

       彼特医生是一个高大的中年男士，第一感觉他非常的威猛帅气，但是态度谦和，说话轻声细语，甚至时不时露出腼腆的神态，显得既富有男人的魅力又极富修养。很快，他根据各种情况汇总后，为我开出了检查治疗的详细方案。

       每隔一两天，彼特医生就会来到我的病床为我会诊。几天后我儿子晓航飞来但尼丁，彼特医生和晓航详细地讨论了我的病情，深入分析讨论我的治疗进程。随着治疗的深入，我的在美国当医生的侄女姗姗加入了讨论中，由于时差又在异地，所以经常要约好时间才能通话，彼特医生总是认真的约定好时间，并且详细的介绍我的病情和治疗的方案，而且非常认真，耐心的听取姗姗医生的询问。这种异地对话持续了好几次，我真是为彼特医生的耐心和真诚所感动，彼特医生主导的治疗，使我的身体明显的恢复好转，我心里非常感谢他。最后我们取完药准备出院，我想找他，向他表示感谢，并且想和他合影留念，但是那一天恰好他没有上班，我非常遗憾的离开了医院，但是彼特医生的形象深深地定格在我的脑海里，我非常庆幸我能在这个特殊的时间遇到这样好的一个专业而且敬业的医生，我至今仍然非常想念他，期待有一天我们能够再见面。

       在但尼丁医院治疗的十几天时间，我深深感受到心血管科的医生护士的认真专业的治疗和无微不至的护理，使我在很短的时间里得到了恢复，对我这样一个年近七十的老人是一个了不起的成就，充分说明了心血管科的医生护士的专业技术能力，达到了一个很高的程度，在这里我要感谢心血管科主任Dr Sean Coffey，正是他的英明领导，使整个科室给病人带来健康的希望。
  Contact Details
Email
sean.coffey@otago.ac.nz
University Links
* Faculty of Medicine
* Department of Medicine (Dunedin)
* Cardiology Research Unit
Position
Senior Lecturer
Department
Department of Medicine (Dunedin)
Qualifications
MB BS FRACP Phd
Research summary
Cardiovascular medicine
Clinical
* Clinical cardiology
* Cardiovascular imaging – echocardiography, cardiac CT, and cardiac MRI
Research
I am interested in many aspects of cardiovascular medicine, especially valvular heart disease, but also ischaemic heart disease, cardiomyopathies, and atrial fibrillation.
To tackle these, I, along with collaborators, use basic science techniques in molecular biology and genomics, population based approaches, and advanced phenotyping techniques using echocardiography, cardiac CT, and cardiac MRI. We have started running clinical trials in-house, with the aim of developing therapies for testing in wider clinical settings.
Current research projects
The PressUre reduction in Mild-to-moderate Aortic Stenosis (PUMAS) study
Publications
Jones, G. T., Williams, M. J. A., Khashram, M., Fitzgerald, S., Lyons, O. T. A., Griffin, C. L., Lesche, S., Krysa, J., & Coffey, S. (2025). A DNA methylation marker, cg05575921 (AHRR), outperforms self-reported smoking exposure for its association with cardiovascular disease prence. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntaf165
Journal - Research Article
Hintz, M. O., Ahmad Zamri, A. S., Erickson, E. W., Barlev, F., Coffey, S., & Lamberts, R. R. (2025). Associations between heart size, anthropometric and cardiovascular indicators: An undergraduate physiology teaching laboratory. Advances in Physiology Education. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1152/advan.00254.2024
Journal - Research Article
Vlietstra, L., Fordyce, A., Costa, E. C., Coffey, S., Walker, X. J., Whalley, G. A., & Waters, D. L. (2025). Exercise interventions to improve physical frailty and physical frailty components in older adults with hypertension: A systematic review. Ageing Research Reviews, 107, 102714. doi: 10.1016/j.arr.2025.102714
Journal - Research Article
Moore, M. K., Jones, G. T., Whalley, G., Williams, M. J. A., Stewart, R. A., & Coffey, S. (2025). The prence of aortic stenosis in Maōri undergoing clinically indicated echocardiography compared to New Zealand Europeans. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 138(1608), 84-93. Retrieved from https://www.nzmj.org.nz/
Journal - Research Article
Beck, S., Whalley, G., Coffey, S., Hawley, A., & Anakin, M. (2025). Cardiac ultrasound training for medical students utilizing drawing and ward-based instruction. MedEdPortal, 21, 11485. doi: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11485
       这里，我还要提一位医生——心脏造影师 John Edmond医生，记得那一天我要做造影手术时，因为人生地不熟，我被护士推进手术室，当即有几位护士医生在迎侯我，他们为我做了各种准备工作，而且说话轻声细语，询问我的感觉，让我立刻有一种非常亲切安宁的感觉，顿时我不再胆怯。造影医生帅气幽默，把一个严肃的手术室演变成一个非常轻松充满温馨的“会客厅”，他一边认真的坐着各种准备工作，打麻醉药，一边轻松安慰我，询问我的感觉如何，我记得彼特医生就坐在隔窗的小房间里查看我造影的情况，结果他们告诉我情况比他们想象的要好些，这次造影手术给我以非常舒适的感觉。

       我在医院的橱窗里找到了麻醉医生的名字，我也把它列入在我的这篇文章里面——
  心脏造影师 Dr John Edmond
Dr John Edmond
Contact Details
Email
john.edmond@otago.ac.nz
University Links
* Faculty of Medicine
Position
Co-Director of Clinical Skills
Qualifications
BSc MB ChB MD PGDipMedEd FRCP(Edin) FRACP
Teaching
* Clinical skills, with a specific interest in the use of simulation and intraprofessional learning
Memberships
* Chair, MBChB Curriculum Committee Clinical Skills, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics Subcommittee
Clinical
* General cardiology
* Interventional cardiology
* Bradycardia pacing
* Quality improvement
Publications
MacKenzie, G., Wilkins, G., & Edmond, J. (2021). Comparing outcomes of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) and Surgical Aortic Valve Implantation (SAVI) for severe aortic stenosis within the Southern District Health Board. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 30(Suppl. 2), (pp. S83-S84). doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2021.05.063
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Chan, D., Stewart, R., Kerr, A., Dicker, B., Kyle, C., Adamson, P., … Edmond, J., … Elliott, J., … Williams, M., … Somaratne, J. (2021). The impact of a national COVID-19 lockdown on acute coronary syndrome hospitalisations in New Zealand: An ANZACS-QI study. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 30(Suppl. 2), (pp. S62-S63). doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2021.05.013
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Edmond, J. (2021, June). Chest pain and heart failure: Anything new, exciting and useful? Verbal presentation at the Update in Medical Specialties for General Practitioners: Gore Education Meeting GP Conference, Gore, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Stewart, R. A. H., Jones, P., Dicker, B., Jiang, Y., Smith, T., Swain, A., … Smyth, D., Ranchord, A., Edmond, J., Than, M., … Devlin, G. (2021). High flow oxygen and risk of mortality in patients with a suspected acute coronary syndrome: Pragmatic, cluster randomised, crossover trial. BMJ, 372, n355. doi: 10.
 
       我还要提及护士们，特别是一位男护士，开始我不知道，我以为他是医生，结果从他对我的照顾护理来看，我才知道他是一个男护士，他性格开朗活泼，好像把我当成邻家大哥一样的和我说说笑笑，时不时过来帮我倒咖啡，测量血压，跟我聊天，我感觉到非常亲切，我当时手上正好有一本我的书，我就送给他，他非常高兴，他说我看不懂，但是他会给他的家人朋友看，然后我们还一起合了影。
         但尼丁医院的医生护士们对我一个身处他乡异国的中国人表现出如此之大的热忱、真诚、关怀和帮助，那么这又是一种什么样的心怀呢？又是一种什么样的格局呢？又是一种什么样的大爱呢？

       他们让我深深感觉到了深刻的人文情怀和强烈的人类大爱。这种大爱跨越了国界，跨越了种族，跨越了大海，彰显了人类应该共同拥有的仁爱和慈悲。他们就是仁爱和慈悲的化身和天使。
         新西兰，澳大利亚是我国际之旅最后一站，很不幸，当我刚刚踏上新西兰的几天时间便病倒了，但是这次的病倒又使我在新西兰多住了一个月，这一个月的时间里让我深刻的感受到了新西兰这个美丽的国家，而且我广泛的接触了各界人士，感受到了新西兰民众的热情、淳朴、好客和友爱，我从他们的身上感受到了天使般的仁爱和优良的专业素质，尽管我独自一人在医院中治疗，但是我没有感觉到孤独，我甚至可以说我享受到了最好的医疗保障体系和享受到了医生护士的精心治疗和无微不至的关怀，我在想天堂如果有医院，那一定就是但尼丁医院这个样子。如果我的病情好转了，我会再到新西兰来游览，我也想告诉我的朋友们，你们尽管来新西兰旅游，因为那里是一个美丽的新西兰，一个热情的新西兰，一个充满爱的新西兰，一个让你无忧无虑的新西兰。
 
My trip to New Zealand was my last stop on a trip abroad. At my age, I should have lived quietly at home, but the country I can't get around has kept wandering around in my mind. I remember seeing New Zealand for the first time in a picture book more than 50 years ago. I was fascinated by the country. The natural bays, the blue skies and the mysterious valleys kept flashing in my mind. So I decided I had to go to New Zealand once in my life.

New Zealand covers an area of about 270 thousand square kilometers, 2.1% of which is covered by water. It is 1,600 km long, 450 km wide at its widest point and 6,900 km long coastline. New Zealand is made up of the North Island, South Island, Stewart Island and a number of nearby small islands. New Zealand is known as "green." The territory is mountainous, with mountains and hills accounting for more than 75% of the total area. The two main islands (North and South) have an area of about 266,200 km2. The plains of New Zealand are small. The rivers are short and fast and inconvenient for navigation, but they are rich in water resources. The North Island is full of volcanoes and hot springs, while the South Island is full with glaciers and lakes. Peak Cook on the South Island is the highest mountain in the country at 3,754 meters above sea level. The coastline is about 15,000 kilometers long.

After more than ten hours of flight, the plane landed at Auckland Airport. When we got out of the gate, took our luggage, and everyone waited to get into the car. It was a little rain outside, and they all waited inside, looking around the hall. There was nothing fancy decorated, just an old plane dangling from the top of the hall. It felt very quiet in the hall, and the silence had a particular force that made one feel pressured. The bus arrived, loaded up, and boarded. The bus drove directly to an attraction, a hillside where you climbed a staircase to view the city of Auckland in full view. I walked back halfway and turned back to the bus to wait for everyone to come back.

We then visited the village of Waqare Valea Maori in Oakland, the hobbit village of Matamata, the location of the Lord of the Rings and Lord of the Ring, Lake Rotorua and the city of Oakland, before flying from Oakland to Queenstown on the South Island the following day.

Queenstown, New Zealand is a beautiful town surrounded by the Southern Alps and a beautiful city surrounded with the mountains. Queenstown is full of sightseeing spots. Summers are bright and blue, autumns are colorful with bright red and golden leaves, winters are sunny, there are large snowy mountains, and spring is a time of hundreds of flowers. The four seasons are distinct and have very different appearances. Lake Wakatipu, near the city, is a deep, blue mountain lake. Several green-brown mountains covered in snow dotted the splendid mountains in the background. From Queenstown to the top of the hill, it's a green, oily color. Queenstown got its name from the fact that the colonists thought the scenic area should be owned by the Queen, hence the name Queenstown.

Queenstown is an attraction I am looking forward to, because my close friend Shen Shiguang has told me about Queenstown many times, and he especially took photos of their hotel near the lake, saying that staying in this hotel offers panoramic views of Alpine Lake. So as soon as I got to Queenstown, I took several photos of the hotel in a row and sent them to Brother Shi Guang. On this day, we visited Queenstown. We took a cruise for more than an hour, arrived at a scenic spot, and had a good lunch there. I also watched a show of sheep shaving. In the afternoon we went back to town on the cruise and visited several of the town's attractions. Then we reached our hotel. We put down our luggage and went out with the group. By this time I felt tired and did not go out again, staying in the hotel alone. In the evening, I developed a swollen chest pain. At first I didn't take it too seriously and took a painkiller and rested. But in the evening I suddenly felt a little unable to breathe, so I called the guide and asked to see the hospital. Soon an ambulance arrived at the hotel. Two paramedics examined me, carried me onto a stretcher, and pushed me to an ambulance at the door. The car drove to the hospital in Queenstown. The doctors at the hospital immediately performed various tests, initially diagnosed heart failure, and then treated me with a bottle of medication. Until morning, the doctors told me that since Queenstown's hospital was a small hospital, they were going to take me to Dunedin Hospital by helicopter. So a helicopter arrived at noon and stopped on the lawn of the hospital yard. The doctors pushed me into the helicopter. The helicopter flew for about a few decades and landed on top of the building at the hospital in the southern city of Dunedin. The staff pushed me straight to the building's emergency room for treatment. After two days of observation, I was placed in a large ward.

I lay alone in my hospital bed, looking out the window at the cityscape of Dunedin. My mind slowly recovered. Perhaps it was a kind of telepathy - the large hospital room, The clean corridors, the medical staff check you in a methodical way, every once in a while there are nurses who check your blood pressure, blood sugar and other tests, and the staff who ask you carefully what you want to eat before dinner, all make you feel like home, warm, cordial and peaceful.

  Soon my chief physician, Dr Peter McLeod, When she came to see me, she brought two trainees and nurses, listened very carefully to the trainees explaining my condition and asked me in detail about my current condition.

Dr. Peter is a tall middle-aged man who at first feels very fierce and handsome, but with a humble manner, a soft voice, and even a shy look from time to time, he appears both malely charming and highly cultivated. Soon, he came up with a detailed plan for my examination and treatment based on the various circumstances.

Every day or two, Dr. Peter comes to my bed to see me. A few days later my son Xiaohang flew to Dunedin, and Dr. Peter and Xiaohang discussed my condition in detail, analyzed my treatment and discussed my progress. As the treatment went deeper, my niece, a doctor in the United States, joined the discussion, Since the time difference was very different, I often had to make appointments for calls and meetings. Dr. Peter always made a serious appointment and detailed explanations about my condition and treatment plan, and listened very carefully and patiently to Dr. Shan. This out-of-town dialogue lasted several times, and I was truly touched by Dr. Peter's patience and sincerity. The more than a dozen days of treatment led by Dr. Pete led to a noticeable improvement in my physical recovery, and I thank him very much. Finally we finished taking our medication and were leaving the hospital. I wanted to see him, thank him, and take pictures with him, but he didn't work that day. I am very sorry to leave the hospital, but the image of Dr. Peter is in my mind. I am so grateful that I met such a professional and dedicated doctor at this special time. I miss him very much and look forward to seeing each other again one day.

During my more than a dozen days of treatment at Dunedin Hospital, I felt deeply the care and professionalism of the physicians and nurses in the cardiovascular department, which allowed me to recover in a very short period of time. It was a remarkable achievement for an elderly man in his late 70s, This speaks volumes about the high level of technical expertise of the physicians and nurses in the cardiovascular department, and I would like to thank Dr. Sean Coffey, Director of Cardiovascular Disease, for his wise leadership, which has enabled the entire department to give patients hope for health.
  Contact Details
Email
email: sean.coffey@ otago.ac.nz
University Links
* Faculty of Medicine
* Department of Medicine (Dunedin)
* Cardiology Research Unit
Position
Senior Lecturer
Department
Department of Medicine (Dunedin)
Qualifications
MB BS FRACP Phd
Research summary
Cardiovascular medicine
Clinical
* Clinical cardiology
* Cardiovascular imaging – echocardiography, cardiac CT, and cardiac MRI
Research
I am interested in many aspects of cardiovascular medicine, especially valvular heart disease, but also ischaemic heart disease, cardiomyopathies, and atrial fibrillation.
To tackle these, I, along with collaborators, use basic science techniques in molecular biology and genomics, population based approaches, and advanced phenotyping techniques using echocardiography, cardiac CT, and cardiac MRI. We have started running clinical trials in-house, with the aim of developing therapies for testing in wider clinical settings.
Current research projects
The PressUre reduction in Mild-to-moderate Aortic Stenosis (PUMAS) study
Publications
Jones, G. T., Williams, M. J. A., Khashram, M., Fitzgerald, S., Lyons, O. T. A., Griffin, C. L., Lesche, S., Krysa, J., & Coffey, S. (2025). A DNA methylation marker, cg05575921 (AHRR), outperforms self-reported smoking exposure for its association with cardiovascular disease prence. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntaf165
Journal - Research Article
Hintz, M. O., Ahmad Zamri, A. S., Erickson, E. W., Barlev, F., Coffey, S., & Lamberts, R. R. (2025). Associations between heart size, anthropometric and cardiovascular indicators: An undergraduate physiology teaching laboratory. Advances in Physiology Education. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1152/advan.00254.2024
Journal - Research Article
Vlietstra, L., Fordyce, A., Costa, E. C., Coffey, S., Walker, X. J., Whalley, G. A., & Waters, D. L. (2025). Exercise interventions to improve physical frailty and physical frailty components in older adults with hypertension: A systematic review. Ageing Research Reviews, 107, 102714. doi: 10.1016/j.arr.2025.102714
Journal - Research Article
Moore, M. K., Jones, G. T., Whalley, G., Williams, M. J. A., Stewart, R. A., & Coffey, S. (2025). The prence of aortic stenosis in Maōri undergoing clinically indicated echocardiography compared to New Zealand Europeans. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 138(1608), 84-93. Retrieved from https://www.nzmj.org.nz/
Journal - Research Article
Beck, S., Whalley, G., Coffey, S., Hawley, A., & Anakin, M. (2025). Cardiac ultrasound training for medical students utilizing drawing and ward-based instruction. MedEdPortal, 21, 11485. doi: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11485
I would like to mention one more doctor, Dr. John Edmond, a cardiac radiologist, who remembered the day I was going to have a radiographic operation. Because I was unfamiliar with life, I was pushed into the operating room by the nurses. I was immediately greeted by several nurses and doctors who made various preparations for me, and who spoke softly and asked me how I felt. I felt a very kind and peaceful feeling immediately, and I was no longer afraid. With handsome humor, the imaging doctor transformed a serious operating room into a very relaxed and welcoming "sitting room," while he seriously sat in preparation. After giving me anesthesia, while relaxing and asking how I felt, I remember Dr. Peter sitting in a small windowed room looking at my imaging. They told me that things were better than they thought. I felt very comfortable with the imaging procedure.

I found the name of the anesthesiologist in the hospital window. I also included it in my article -
  Cardiac Radiologist Dr John Edmond
Dr John Edmond
Contact Details
Email
john.edmond@otago.ac.nz
University Links
* Faculty of Medicine
Position
Co-Director of Clinical Skills
Qualifications
BSc MB ChB MD PGDipMedEd FRCP(Edin) FRACP
Teaching
* Clinical skills, with a specific interest in the use of simulation and intraprofessional learning
Memberships
* Chair, MBChB Curriculum Committee Clinical Skills, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics Subcommittee
Clinical
* General cardiology
* Interventional cardiology
* Bradycardia pacing
* Quality improvement
Publications
MacKenzie, G., Wilkins, G., & Edmond, J. (2021). Comparing outcomes of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) and Surgical Aortic Valve Implantation (SAVI) for severe aortic stenosis within the Southern District Health Board. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 30(Suppl. 2), (pp. S83-S84). doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2021.05.063
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Chan, D., Stewart, R., Kerr, A., Dicker, B., Kyle, C., Adamson, P., … Edmond, J., … Elliott, J., … Williams, M., … Somaratne, J. (2021). The impact of a national COVID-19 lockdown on acute coronary syndrome hospitalisations in New Zealand: An ANZACS-QI study. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 30(Suppl. 2), (pp. S62-S63). doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2021.05.013
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Edmond, J. (2021, June). Chest pain and heart failure: Anything new, exciting and useful? Verbal presentation at the Update in Medical Specialties for General Practitioners: Gore Education Meeting GP Conference, Gore, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Stewart, R. A. H., Jones, P., Dicker, B., Jiang, Y., Smith, T., Swain, A., … Smyth, D., Ranchord, A., Edmond, J., Than, M., … Devlin, G. (2021). High flow oxygen and risk of mortality in patients with a suspected acute coronary syndrome: Pragmatic, cluster randomised, crossover trial. BMJ, 372, n355. doi: 10.
  I would also like to mention the nurses, especially a male nurse. At first I didn't know, I thought he was a doctor, but judging by his care of me, I learned that he was quite a male. He was very cheerful and cheerful. He seemed to talk to me like he was my neighbor's big brother. From time to time, he came to make me coffee, measure my blood pressure, chat with me. I felt very kind. I happened to have a copy of my book in my hand and I gave it to him. He was very happy. He said I couldn't read it, but he would show it to his family and friends. Then we took a picture together.

But the doctors and nurses at the Nedin Hospital showed me so much enthusiasm, sincerity, care and help as a Chinese living in a foreign country. What kind of heart is that? What kind of a pattern is it? What kind of love is it?

They gave me a deep sense of humanism and a strong sense of human love. This great love transcends borders, races, and seas, demonstrating the kindness and compassion that humanity should all share. They are the embodiments and angels of love and compassion.
  New Zealand, Australia was the last stop on my international trip. Unfortunately, I fell ill just a few days after setting foot in New Zealand, but this illness kept me in New Zealand for an additional month. During this month, I have deeply felt the beautiful country of New Zealand, and I have had extensive contact with people from all walks of life and felt the enthusiasm of the New Zealand people. Very simple, hospitable and kind. I felt the kindness of angels and the excellent professionalism in them, even though I was being treated in the hospital alone. But I didn't feel lonely. I could even say that I enjoyed the best health care system and the care and care of doctors and nurses. I was thinking that if there were hospitals in heaven, it would be like Dunedin Hospital. If my condition improves, I will visit New Zealand again. I also want to tell my friends that you may come to visit New Zealand because it is a beautiful New Zealand, a welcoming New Zealand, an loving New Zealand, and a New Zealand that makes you carefree.