A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
Opinion
A healthy society is one where society in general sits squarely cradled within public healthcare and civil amenities. If we do not have that premise, we do not have a healthy social environment per se.
Local headlines point to our hospital being “unsafe”. Suggestions such as cutting back on ward
beds would only further diminish health services and lengthen waiting lists.
The existing situation in our local hospital has been exacerbated by “purists” who seem to have drawn a line in the sand against the re-employment of “mandated” staff who lost their jobs. There are many others working at the hospital who want and need compromise.
Your latest headlines seem to be suggesting there could well be some middle ground between the nursing and administrative factions, or will the “line in the sand” soon develop into an unbreachable moat?
All political parties standing in the upcoming election need to state clearly where they stand on this — not leave it until after the voters have had their say.
