Community backlash has prompted the Counties Manukau District Health Board (DHB) to review its decision not to fund an after-hours emergency clinic.
East Care Accident and Medical in Botany closed its overnight service last year after 24 years of operating.
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The closure means east and South Aucklanders have to go to Middlemore Hospital s emergency department for after-hours medical care, putting more pressure on hospital wait times, and for some, a lengthy journey.
It followed the DHB s 2018 decision to stop funding after-hours accident and emergency services.
But the DHB commissioned an independent report by consultants Sapere, which was released last week.
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Trial to start for woman facing riot charge: Here’s what defense is not allowed to say
MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) On the eve of a federal trial related to a May 2020 protest, a federal judge has restricted what defense lawyers can argue.
Jury selection slated to start Monday in the case, which has been viewed nationally as a test for how aggressively the U.S. Justice Department can prosecute crimes arising from protests. Tia Deyon Pugh, 21, stands accused of impeding law enforcement officials in a manner that impacted interstate commerce.
Mobile police arrested Pugh after the May 31 demonstration in the wake of the death of George Floyd, who died under the boot of a Minneapolis police officer. Authorities accused Pugh of using a baseball bad to smash the window of a police vehicle. Several days later, federal prosecutors filed a federal charge.
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