By Mare Haimona-Riki Whakaata Maori
Dame Naida Glavish has always had a vision of providing a place for families to stay while visiting their sick loved ones in hospitals.
Since her appointment as the chief advisor tikanga at Waitematā and Auckland hospitals in 1990, she has been advocating for improved facilities for families, and this morning she inaugurated another such facility at North Shore Hospital.
“This facility is specifically for people who visit their loved ones in the hospital. We want to ensure they don’t have to sleep in their cars for extended periods,” Glavish says.