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If you want to know my story, here it is:
With my followers increasing, I thought I'd let you know what I do, and why.
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NZ's population grows by 93,000 people a year. Why are all the politicians ignoring this?
We need a new hospital to be built...every single year. But instead, we can't even maintain the old ones we've got.
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Private for-profit healthcare seems to lead to lower staffing, higher death rates, and worse care overall. But is that so bad as long as it…
When your politicians tell you healthcare is a business, pick up your crutches and run the other way.
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I can't believe they reveal their specialist waiting times. We need more open and honest reporting like this.
(But between you and me, I think they'll get shut down within a month or two. Politicians don't like bad news being made public fodder for discussion.)
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Why do so many shifts feel like they're getting busier? Because they are.
18,000 more patients in Emergency Departments this year. How could we have afforded to get rid of 3,000 healthcare worker's positions?
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Los Angeles is breathing in smoke, and trade secrets
When powder containing 'proprietary secrets' is dropped on you, should they really be trade secrets anymore?
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Assisted Dying Question #5: Do you give up?
How the heck did we get to this point where suffering, terminally ill, dying patients have to say they're suffering so much it's literally 'unbearable…
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