By RNZ Senior hospital doctors at Rotorua’s Emergency Department (ED) are being told they will have to work at Taupō's ED, to ensure there are enough staff for it to remain open. It would mean a two-hour return trip for doctors who say they feel blindsided, let down and disrespected by Health New Zealand . In a letter leaked to RNZ, Te Whatu Ora Lakes senior manager Alan Wilson laid out some stark options.
He said they faced critical financial restraints and two crucial risks at the emergency departments..
