The costs of not investing in indoor air quality standards and equipment are paid downstream by other people.
Christchurch Hospital’s emergency department is seeing record numbers of patients as the grip of winter illnesses tightens, with senior doctors likening it to a “mass casualty situation” and at one point considering putting up a tent to help with triage.
Strain of winter illnesses leaves Christchurch Hospital ED like a ‘mass casualty situation’
As patient numbers soared to new record highs last week, senior doctors at one point considered erecting a tent to help triage those coming to the emergency department.
