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	Podcast:		Checkpoint
	Episode:		Dr Shane Reti on emergency department crisis
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:05:05
	Publish Date:		2022-10-19 05:08:00
	Description:		National's health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says thousands of people are leaving emergency departments every month rather than wait. Wait times are under the spotlight again after a woman died in June hours after leaving Middlemore Hospital rather than face a huge wait. An independent review found the hospitals emergency department was "dysfunctional, overcrowded and unsafe" and only seeing half of its patients within six hours. Health Minister Andrew Little said no major metropolitian hospitals were meeting their ED wait time targets. National's health spokeperson Shane Reti has been speaking about the problems in parliament and joins Rowan Quinn. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6313978656112
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