20 May 2017 - On the outside, Dunedin Hospital nurse Dana Smith (23) looks like a healthy young person, but on the inside she is anything but.

The general surgical ward nurse, originally from Cromwell, says the pain she suffers as a result of Crohn’s disease is near-debilitating.

"At the moment the bad days outweigh the good days."

Her recent application to Government agency PHARMAC for funding for Stelara, an intravenous infusion which could reduce the effects of Crohn’s, was declined.

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