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	Podcast:		Checkpoint
	Episode:		No city emergency departments meeting treatment target - Health Minister
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:06:04
	Publish Date:		2022-10-18 04:16:00
	Description:		No big city hospitals are meeting their target for treating emergency department patients within six hours. A report into Middlemore Hospital described the emergency department as "dysfunctional, overcrowded and unsafe". The report looked into the circumstances of a woman who left the overcrowded ED without being seen, and later died of a brain hemorrhage. Chair of the College of Emergency Medicine Kate Allan told Checkpoint the issues at Middlemore are being seen at other hospitals too. Health Minister Andrew Little said there is a lot of stress on the system.
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