Three months to see a doctor? Our health system is failing Kiwi's
Yesterday I shared the first of my Subscriber Stories, where KC* recounted a shocking experience at Waikato Hospital after being rushed there by ambulance. You can read the full story here:
Subscriber Stories: Emergency care or waiting room farce?
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This week, I received a comment from one of my subscribers, whom I will refer to as KC. She wanted to share what happened to her on Tuesday when she tried to access urgent medical care through our public health system. Her story deserves to be told because it paints a grim picture of what New Zealanders now face when they fall seriously ill.
One of my followers on X responded to the story with a comment that stopped me in my tracks. He wrote that when trying to book a routine appointment with his doctor o…