Photo: Three Rivers Medical
Tairāwhiti's largest GP practice has closed its books to new patients and will no longer open at weekends or afterhours. Three Rivers Medical has 20,000 patients - 9,000 of whom are Māori.
The move means there will effectively be no after hours service in Gisborne, leaving the hospital's emergency department the only option. Kathryn speaks with Dr Hiria Nielsen, managing partner at Three Rivers Medical.
