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Doctors advocate: Immigration won't fix Middlemore crisis

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Wed, 19 Oct 2022, 7:39am
Middlemore Hospital ED. Photo / NZ Herald
Middlemore Hospital ED. Photo / NZ Herald

Doctors advocate: Immigration won't fix Middlemore crisis

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 19 Oct 2022, 7:39am

Doctors say the Government is trying to put a gloss on a dire situation.

A damning review into Middlemore Hospital has found its ED is dysfunctional and overcrowded, with senior doctors calling for a trainee teaching programme to be scrapped due to unsafe conditions.

Health Minister Andrew Little says it's been a difficult winter and immigration settings will help solve it.

But Resident Doctors' Association National President Deborah Powell told Mike Hosking immigration won't fix things.

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