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Hospital confirmed: WellSouth says ‘let’s talk primary care now’
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Hospital confirmed: WellSouth says ‘let’s talk primary care now’
Thursday 27 February 2025, 02:45 PM

Discussions on how the new Dunedin Hospital will affect primary care are essential, given critical levels of underfunding, advocates claim [Image: Supplied]
Within a few months, citizens of the deep south went from outrage at cuts to a long-awaited new Dunedin Hospital under one health minister to puzzlement at revised bed numbers under another health minister. Martin Johnston takes a look
Essentials
In September, the Coalition Government threw into doubt Labour’s plans for the new Dunedin Hospital.
Now, the Coalition has, READ MORE