Nelson Short-Changed By Hospital Downgrade

Nelson Short-Changed By Hospital Downgrade

This Government is downgrading what the community needs by only building 41 new overnight and surgical beds and removing five beds from other units.

Nelson short-changed by hospital downgrade – Labour

National’s cuts to Nelson’s Hospital rebuild will leave the community with only half the number of new beds than the rebuild Labour planned. “I’m worried that National’s downgraded plan won’t meet the needs of patients and we’ll soon be back where we started, with the hospital needing to be upgraded in a few years,” Labour health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall said. While in Government, Labour announced $73 million for the first tranche of a major…