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из статьи в NZ Herald о том, как турист из Канады так и не дождался своей очереди в больнице.
A Canadian visitor has criticised the health care in this country after waiting 14 hours without treatment at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital.
Dennis Wilkinson, 50, from Vancouver, has complained to the hospital and the Ministry of Health after waiting at Middlemore for two days for surgery on his thumb.
A potentially infectious spike from a fish fin had gotten stuck in his hand while he was fishing on Sunday.
After receiving an ultrasound and x-ray at the emergency department on Monday he was told in the early evening he could not be treated and was asked to return the next day. He was seen by a doctor on Tuesday morning but sent home again in the afternoon when told surgical spots were full.
Mr Wilkinson: "I said it only takes 14 hours to fly here from Canada. In Canada we don't make people wait for 14 hours in the emergency wards ... there is better health care in Central America."
The Government has a target for hospitals to admit, discharge or transfer 95 per cent of patients within six hours. In Mr Wilkinson's case, he was first admitted 2 hours after arriving. Ms Young said that despite the overcrowding of wards last week, the target was still being met.
Tourist gives up after 14-hour wait at hospital
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A Canadian visitor has criticised the health care in this country after waiting 14 hours without treatment at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital.
Dennis Wilkinson, 50, from Vancouver, has complained to the hospital and the Ministry of Health after waiting at Middlemore for two days for surgery on his thumb.
A potentially infectious spike from a fish fin had gotten stuck in his hand while he was fishing on Sunday.
After receiving an ultrasound and x-ray at the emergency department on Monday he was told in the early evening he could not be treated and was asked to return the next day. He was seen by a doctor on Tuesday morning but sent home again in the afternoon when told surgical spots were full.
Mr Wilkinson: "I said it only takes 14 hours to fly here from Canada. In Canada we don't make people wait for 14 hours in the emergency wards ... there is better health care in Central America."
The Government has a target for hospitals to admit, discharge or transfer 95 per cent of patients within six hours. In Mr Wilkinson's case, he was first admitted 2 hours after arriving. Ms Young said that despite the overcrowding of wards last week, the target was still being met.
Tourist gives up after 14-hour wait at hospital
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