Auckland hospitals overloaded: Patients waiting in corridors as demand skyrockets 5 May, 2021 09:19 PM 6 minutes to read Doctors reported patients being left in corridors and ambulances queuing outside EDs. Photo / File Emma Russell is a health reporter for the New Zealand Heraldemma.russell@nzherald.co.nz Sick and injured patients are being left in hospital corridors and ambulances are queuing outside Auckland emergency departments as demand continues to skyrocket. Read More Mothers with high-risk pregnancies have occasionally been transferred out of the Auckland area to give birth, because no beds are available in the region. Middlemore, Auckland City and North Shore Hospitals sent an alert to ambulances on Monday night warning that they were nearing maximum capacity, the Herald can reveal.