🇳🇿 💉*5 Roger Parkinson on Nostr: This is much worse than it looks (and it looks very bad). Women will have to travel ...

This is much worse than it looks (and it looks very bad). Women will have to travel from Whakatane to Tauranga if they need obstetric services, which is a long way in an ambulance. But what's worse is patients further east, places like Te Kaha, Waihau Bay etc who already travel all the way to Whakatane will have to go so much further.
That area is always underserviced by health, and now it's worse.

Fears for whānau as Whakatāne Hospital obstetric services collapse https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/537197/fears-for-whanau-as-whakatane-hospital-obstetric-services-collapse