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January 29, 2021
Jacinda Ardern visit a lab at Auckland University. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)
‘We call on you to uphold NZ’s reputation’: An open letter to Jacinda Ardern on a People’s Vaccine
An open letter to prime minister Jacinda Ardern, minister of foreign affairs Nanaia Mahuta and trade minister Damien O’Connor on supporting a People’s Vaccine
Dear Prime Minister Ardern and Ministers Mahuta and O’Connor,
The world has watched Aotearoa New Zealand’s remarkable response to Covid-19. Our leaders struck a different path from many other countries, one informed by experts, and our team of five million pulled together to keep all New Zealanders safe. As the world continues watching, we can demonstrate our kindness and solidarity by supporting a People’s Vaccine, so we can all get through thi
Friday, 29 January 2021, 10:09 am
42 different groups and noted experts, including Amnesty
International Aotearoa New Zealand, NZ Council of Trade
Unions, the New Zealand Public Service Association,
Greenpeace Aotearoa and Médecins Sans Frontières New
Zealand have signed a letter calling on Prime Minister
Jacinda Ardern to support a people’s vaccine by
supporting a waiver to WTO intellectual property rules for
Covid-19 vaccines. The present WTO rules on
intellectual property will allow those who control the Covid
vaccines’ patents to control the global supply of vaccine
doses. On our current path it will be 2024 before many of
the world’s poorest communities get access to vaccines,
Auckland hospitals experience spike in demand, doctors union says patients at risk
21 Jan, 2021 07:53 AM
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Middlemore Hospital has seen a 28 per cent increase of adult inpatient admissions this past month compared to this time last year. Photo / File
Middlemore Hospital has seen a 28 per cent increase of adult inpatient admissions this past month compared to this time last year. Photo / File
Emma Russell is a health reporter for the New Zealand Heraldemma.russell@nzherald.co.nz
Hospitals across Auckland are experiencing a surge in demand over the summer break, sparking union concerns that stretched health services are putting patients at risk.
See a GP before your injury or illness becomes a hospital admission 22 January 2021
That s the message from the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists after a surge in Auckland hospital admissions over summer.
Middlemore has had a 28 per cent rise compared to this time last year, and Auckland City Hospital has admitted 24 more patients than usual every day since December.
Association Executive director Sarah Dalton says improving access to GPs will relieve pressure on acute services.
She says if more people get earlier treatment when they re less sick, it s less expensive for the system overall.
RNZ
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A Crown Monitor will keep watching the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) for a second term. The contract of current Crown Monitor Dr Lester Levy is due to end in February, but on Tuesday Health Minister Andrew Little said he would keep him on or appoint someone else to the role. “Late last year I met separately with the clinical and executive leadership, as well as the front line staff at the CDHB. My judgement is the DHB will continue to benefit from the support of a Crown Monitor past February,” he said.