New Zealand Nurses Organisation kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku says staff shortages in the profession is causing stress right as nurses try to respond to an ongoing Covid-19 outbreak.
It comes after a Covid-19 breach at Middlemore Hospital, which Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said has forced hospital is reviewing its procedures.
The patient was admitted for symptoms other than Covid-19 tested positive for the virus.
He did not show symptoms of the virus when he was admitted, and was not isolated after being tested until the positive result came back.
Kerri Nuku spoke to Corin Dann.
