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Deborah Powell: Doctors advocate says immigration won't fix Middlemore crisis

Published: Oct. 18, 2022, 6:42 p.m.

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Doctors say the Government is trying to put a gloss on a dire situation.

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A damning review into Middlemore Hospital has found its ED is dysfunctional and overcrowded, with senior doctors calling for a trainee teaching programme to be scrapped due to unsafe conditions.

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Health Minister Andrew Little says it\'s been a difficult winter and immigration settings will help solve it.

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But Resident Doctors\' Association National President Deborah Powell told Mike Hosking immigration won\'t fix things.

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