Covid 19 coronavirus: Relatives struggle with life expectancy requirement for urgent MIQ places
22 Dec, 2020 08:10 PM
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In some cases hospitals won t provide life expectancy information, arguing it is too difficult to say. Photo / 123RF
RNZ
By Katie Todd of RNZ
New Zealanders needing fast entry into the country to be with dying relatives are being tripped up by demands for proof of life expectancy.
MBIE wants the supporting evidence in applications for an emergency allocation to skip the queue for managed isolation.
But in some cases hospitals won t provide life expectancy information, arguing it is too difficult to say.