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Catherine Groenestein14:05, Jul 16 2021
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Fire crews from New Plymouth attended the crash on SH3 on Thursday night.
Firefighters had to cut a trapped woman out of a vehicle following a head-on crash south of New Plymouth on Thursday night. The two-vehicle crash just before 10pm on Burgess Hill, SH3, closing the highway to traffic until midnight. “One lady was heavily trapped but fire crews at the scene extricated her, and she was taken to Taranaki Base Hospital,” senior station officer Mick Hackling of Fire and Emergency New Plymouth said. Three other people in the vehicle managed to get themselves out, as did the person in the second vehicle.
“We can’t afford to have unwell people visiting our hospitals for risk of winter bugs spreading,” Clements said. Both hospitals are treating very high volumes of patients, and with staff sickness to manage there is no leeway. “We’ve managed to maintain a good level of surgical and outpatient services, but with the ongoing patient demand we may have to consider reducing some of these. We’ll contact people if they’re going to be impacted. If you don’t hear from us then please come to your appointments as scheduled.’’ General hospital visits are also being restricted to one person per patient where possible, except for maternity, the children’s ward and palliative care. Other exceptions may be considered based on compassionate grounds.
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Taranaki DHB chief operating officer Gillian Campbell said demand on hospitals services was at an all-time high. Taranaki Base Hospital. Source: Google Maps
The situation had reached critical levels at Taranaki Base Hospital in New Plymouth and at Hāwera Hospital, Campbell said. For several weeks, our hospitals have had very high occupancy due to acute illness and trauma, but with the extra pressure of winter sickness including RSV, colds, viruses and respiratory issues we have reached critical levels of demand, Campbell said.
The highly contagious respiratory illness, RSV, is causing havoc across the country in hospital wards and in child care centres.
Christina Persico15:16, Jul 10 2021
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Three people were hospitalised after a Taranaki crash.
Three people have been taken to hospital after a car crashed into a ditch in rural Taranaki at lunchtime on Saturday. A police spokeswoman said they were notified of a car going into a ditch on Ihaia Rd, Opunake, about 12.15pm. A St John ambulance spokeswoman confirmed they had transported three patients – one in serious condition and two in moderate condition. All were taken to Taranaki Base Hospital.
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