Counties Manukau Health is reviewing its emergency lockdown plan to deal with crisis situations, including firearms incidents.
With a number of armed incidents in south Auckland making headlines, the Counties Manukau DHB is reviewing its emergency lockdown plans to deal with such events. The issue was outlined in the minutes of a DHB meeting from late last year after concerns were raised by board member Garry Boles about heightened risk of armed violence in the community. Counties Manukau Health chief executive Margie Apa explained that Middlemore Hospital has escalation procedures that include different alert levels and how to initiate a lockdown.
Increased threat of armed violence on Counties Manukau DHB s agenda
2 Feb, 2021 06:17 AM
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Counties Manukau Health is reviewing its emergency lockdown plan to deal with crisis situations, including firearms incidents. Photo / LDR
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With a number of armed incidents in south Auckland making headlines, the Counties Manukau DHB is reviewing its emergency lockdown plans to deal with such events.
The issue was outlined in the minutes of a DHB meeting from late last year after concerns were raised by board member Garry Boles about heightened risk of armed violence in the community.
Counties Manukau Health chief executive Margie Apa explained that Middlemore Hospital has escalation procedures that include different alert levels and how to initiate a lockdown.
With a number of armed incidents in South Auckland making headlines, the Counties Manukau District Health Board is reviewing its emergency lockdown plans to deal with such events.
Counties Manukau Health is reviewing its emergency lockdown plan to deal with crisis situations, including firearms incidents.
Photo: Ricky Wilson / Stuff via LDR
The issue was outlined in the minutes of a DHB meeting from late last year after concerns were raised by board member Garry Boles about heightened risk of armed violence in the community.
Counties Manukau Health chief executive Margie Apa explained that Middlemore Hospital has escalation procedures that include different alert levels and how to initiate a lockdown.
A raft of Aucklanders are being asked to get tested for Covid-19 today, in relation to locations of interest from positive Covid-19 cases
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Auckland District Health Board has two pop-up testing sites today at Victoria Eaves Park, in Orewa, and North Harbour Stadium s Car Park B, in Albany.
Maternity tragedy: Health board deeply sorry over death of mum and baby three days after birth
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Anna Leask is a senior crime and justice reporter for the New Zealand Heraldanna.leask@nzherald.co.nz@AnnaLeask
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An investigation revealed a number of gaps in the system that enabled the new mum to self-discharge with early indications of an infection to an address not listed with health-care providers.