Emergency doctors are worried the country's hospitals wont cope in the face of winter illnesses with patients already turned away from Auckland Hospital, because its ED was too full.
But the Health Minister says she expects Te Whatu Ora to have a plan for when demand on the health system increases. Six ambulances were turned away from Auckland Hospital on Monday night - with patients diverted to Middlemore & North Shore.
Minister Ayesha Verrall says the situation was not ideal but the hospital was exceptionally busy.
