Hospitals cope with strike

Photo / Stephen Parker

Hospitals coped with a nationwide radiographers' strike yesterday despite being busy.

The first national one-day strike, with the exception of Christchurch, follows a three-day strike by Auckland radiographers which ended on Monday.

A District Health Boards New Zealand spokesperson said no patients had been turned away.

The radiographers have rejected an increase of 1 per cent with another 1 per cent later this year.