Health System Needs Urgent Care

Healthcare is one of people’s major concerns, and it should be, Gil Barbezat writes.

Repeating comments about our ailing health system begin to sound like a cracked record. Many wonder whether anyone is listening or cares.

Severely strained healthcare resources are dictated by limited government funding. Hospital budgets determine availability of resources for patient care.

Vastly experienced clinicians, after years working at the coal face, have complained for decades about resources lagging increasingly further behind identified needs. Meeting patients’ needs presents increasingly difficult challenges.

Read more of the Otago Daily Times article written by Gil Barbezat here.