8 Sep 2021

Covid-19: Middlemore Hospital boss on patient exposure

From Morning Report, 8:10 am on 8 September 2021

Four wards are closed at Middlemore hospital in Auckland and nearly 30 staff have been stood down after a Covid-positive patient was unknowingly admitted to a non-Covid ward on Saturday.

Health Minister Andrew Little called the Covid-19 exposure a "serious hiccup" on Morning Report.

Kate Weston from NZNO said that the breach was very distressing for staff and would worsen already strained nursing numbers.

Middlemore Hospital chief medical officer Dr Pete Watson.