7 Mar 2022

Covid-19: ED staffing takes the brunt of Omicron outbreak

From Midday Report, 12:15 pm on 7 March 2022

While the official Covid-19 case numbers have been falling in New Zealand, the number of people being hospitalised is increasing, with Emergency departments taking the biggest hit,

The latest hospitalisation figure is 618 people.

That has more than doubled in the space of a week, raising concern about whether our medical resources can cope.

John Bonning chairs the Council of Medical Colleges which represents all medical specialties and spoke to Māni Dunlop.