Waiting Times Bad for Urgent Cases

Daily News; White Plains (March 26, 2004)

Author: Hulbert, Jayne

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Summary

PATIENTS needing urgent hospital treatment in Taranaki are facing some of the longest waiting times in the country.

A Ministry of Health report for the quarter ending September 2003 shows the Taranaki District Health Board (TDHB) emergency departments are the third worst performers when dealing with triage one (those in need of resuscitation) patients.

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Waiting Times Bad for Urgent Cases

The TDHBs two hospital emergency departments, in New Plymouth and Hawera, treat between 100 and 125 patients a day.

According to h...

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