
Clearing up the Covid-19 chaos: Hospitals now tackling a huge backlog of operations
Patients prioritised as elective surgeries are ramping up under level 3 at many hospitals.
Patients prioritised as elective surgeries are ramping up under level 3 at many hospitals.
Tests will also be offered to other companies with employees at the airport.
The DHBs say none of the eight is thought to have caught the virus at work.
MOH reveals details on Covid-19 tests throughout the country
Clusters have increasingly become the centre of the New Zealand coronavirus epidemic.
More details promised, though not clear whether that would cover their exact location.
Auckland DHB prepares for potential influx of coronavirus cases.
Authorities say infections likely occurred outside work and hospitals safe to attend.
One cluster has been linked to a rugby tournament in the United States.
Urgent preparations are being made for an expected influx of patients.
An Auckland emergency nurse's stolen car contained vital medical equipment.
Cancer surgery and other treatment is being sent to private hospitals.
Auckland DHB and others are looking at hiring accommodation for health workers.
Nationwide all planned care, including surgery will be postponed, Auckland DHB says.
"Hospitals being completely overwhelmed means that people die of heart attacks, strokes."
Community clinics are currently being set up, while CMDHB is changing its visitor policy.
There is still no community spread of the virus, a DHB chief executive says.
Hospital bosses say more and more of those outside the region are accessing services.
The handling of a 2015 suspected Ebola case reveals how such facilities can be used.
"I was within 10 rows...a plane is a breeding ground for things."
Waikato DHB has refused to release a review into the situation.
A leaked memo outlined year-long wait times. The DHB told patients: consider private.
Where you live can determine whether you can get cataract surgery and other treatment.
Counties Manukau DHB has raised the threshold for breast cancer treatment.
"I believe these small details, were either omitted, ignored or not taken seriously."
'There's definitely a lot of total ignorance out there with regards to this virus.'
Most DHBs have listed major infrastructure problems as a risk to patients and staff.
COMMENT: ADHB has one big problem - it is operating at a substantial "loss".
It's the one thing we can offer family members at a time of crisis, doctor says.
DHB chief executives warned patients could come to harm, documents reveal.