RNZ
A return to a more regionalised health system will ease the dire staffing problems facing Northland’s rural hospitals, Health Minister Shane Reti says.
Dr Reti was in the north on Friday to visit a newly built aged care centre and a new medical imaging clinic, both in Kerikeri, but his visit came against the backdrop of a staffing crisis in the region’s rural hospitals.
Dargaville Hospital made national headlines earlier this month when it was no longer able to find enough doctors to fill its rosters, leaving a telehealth business – which uses a remote doctor to see patients via an internet video call – to fill the gap.