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Each of the district health boards operating without radiographers at the weekend was challenged by the volume of serious medical cases, a DHB spokeswoman says.
Radiographers at the Bay of Plenty, Rotorua and Southland DHBs withdrew their services all weekend, leaving hospitals with no staff radiographers to take x-rays.
DHB contingency planner Anne Aitcheson said the biggest challenge was that each of the affected DHBs had been busy.
