4.7K views · 67 reactions | There are TWO full time equivalent urologists at Dunedin Hospital, but FOUR at both Palmerston North Hospital and Nelson Hospital. Some Dunedin patients are waiting months for urology treatments, and they are not happening within target times. Prime Minister Bill English says the Southern DHB should be making arrangements for surgeries to take place elsewhere, if they can't keep up with patient demand. | Checkpoint | Facebook

8.7K views · 149 reactions | Clinical leader of general surgery Jo Krysa says despite what Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says, general surgeons only operate two days a month at Dunedin Hospital. "It's a frustration we have been trying to move forward on for a number of years but we are still in a situation where there isn't adequate theatre resource provided for our surgeons to be able to do the work they're expected to do." | Checkpoint | Facebook