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	Podcast:		Checkpoint
	Episode:		Recruitment problems drive hospital department to brink
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:04:16
	Publish Date:		2026-03-31 03:34:00
	Description:		The post code lottery is still alive in New Zealand's heath system. That warning comes from doctors at Palmerston Hospital, where recruitment problems have driven one department to the brink. Of the two doctors still at the hospital's gastroenterology service one is about to finish and the other says he's going to leave too due to the workload and conditions. However, Health NZ said it has the ability to cover gaps in the service while it recruits replacements. Jimmy Ellingham reports.
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