New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Bringing Magic To Kids

When the most vulnerable children in New Zealand meet Ruchika Tandon, she has a special way of brightening up their day and making them smile.

Ruchika works at Starship Children’s Hospital in Auckland as a paediatric clinical pharmacist. She’s the medical expert responsible for prescribing medicines and writing treatment plans as part of a sick child’s health journey.

But when she meets her pintsized patients, she introduces herself as a potions master and to prove it, she even hasnovels.

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