11 Sep 2024

Health professionals on ED wait times

From Morning Report, 7:40 am on 11 September 2024

On Tuesday we brought you the shocking story of a patient dying in the waiting room of Rotorua's Emergency Department after waiting three hours to be seen. This happened just two weeks after ED staff had written to management about wait time concerns. Northland emergency doctor Gary Payinda, Nurses Organisation Kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku, and Rotorua GP Dr Cate Mills spoke to Corin Dann.