18 Oct 2024

The private hospital donating operations for the public

From Afternoons, 1:20 pm on 18 October 2024

Up to 70 people will have free surgery at a private Hamilton hospital next month. Braemar Charitable Trust, which owns Braemar Hospital, will fund the operations for people who can't access or afford healthcare. Surgeons and anesthetists are donating their time. 

Jesse talks to Fiona Michel, the chief executive of Braemar Hosptial.

A doctor works on a patient in a surgery.

A doctor works on a patient in a surgery. Photo: UnSplash/ JC Gellidon

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