WILD CARDS: The rural hospital conundrum

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WILD CARDS: The rural hospital conundrum

Zahra

Shahtahmasebi

zshahtahmasebi@nzdoctor.co.nz

Saturday 3 July 2021, 06:00 AM

New Zealand’s rural hospitals are an eclectic bunch, each owned and operated differently. But they have in common perennial issues of sustainability. Amid the uncertainty raised by reform plans, Zahra Shahtahmasebi finds a dash of optimism about the many problems in this part of the health system

During his travels as manager of Mobile Health, Mark Eager finds rural hospitals can be a bit like apple pie. “Crispy and crunchy on the outside b

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