Nursing shortage: Half of Starship Hospital's $40m ICU sitting empty
Only half the beds in a newly opened, state-of-the-art intensive care unit at Starship Hospital are being used after a $40 million upgrade - partly because
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Only half the beds in a newly opened, state-of-the-art intensive care unit at Starship Hospital are being used after a $40 million upgrade - partly because
The state-of-the art unit now has 30 beds. The hospital has only enough staff for 16 beds.
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"So we're part of their foundation which is doing a fundraising drive to assist in this project and you can go to their website and donate and you can donate any amount, but we thought we'd do something different rather than our normal celebration for our annual birthdays." Harpreet Singh Radio Tarana managing director Robert Khan, left, pictured with Hemant Parikh, who has been with the station since day one, 25 years ago. Young lad in the front is Kiyaan, Robert's son. Starship has New Zealand's only dedicated paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) caring for critically ill children from a...