Whakatāne hospital's acute mental health facility may have to close unless urgent work is carried out to keep patients safe in an earthquake.
Board minutes from January reveal that GNS Science has given Te Whatu Ora new information about the location of fault lines in Whakatāne
On top of that, other minutes show a business case done on replacing the whole mental health facility, as promised by the government in 2020, was substandard and has to be done again.
Phil Pennington spoke to Jane Patterson.
