10 Sep 2024

PM Luxon on wait times at ED after patient dies

From Morning Report, 7:51 am on 10 September 2024

A patient who died in the waiting room of Rotorua Hospital's emergency department last month had been waiting three hours. Distressed staff say she should have been seen within an hour, but they were too short-staffed. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.