I like that you've made your grim encounter with the hospital system in Aotearoa NZ a lesson in how our government is privatising a health system. (By stealth).
I've had a recent experience in an Auckland hospital and was funnelled rapidly through ED to Assessment and Diagnostic unit and home by staff including a "Flow Manager" - my first encounter with such a person.
Face to face encounters were polite and didn't seem too hurried; rather, efficient. Explanations were perfunctory and abbreviated. The impression was one of haste to move you through and out the other end of the line; ticked off as "done".
I cannot help but tie up in my mind the cool neoliberal approach to health care with the Seymour-sponsored Bill on Assisted Dying. Too silly?
I like that you've made your grim encounter with the hospital system in Aotearoa NZ a lesson in how our government is privatising a health system. (By stealth).
I've had a recent experience in an Auckland hospital and was funnelled rapidly through ED to Assessment and Diagnostic unit and home by staff including a "Flow Manager" - my first encounter with such a person.
Face to face encounters were polite and didn't seem too hurried; rather, efficient. Explanations were perfunctory and abbreviated. The impression was one of haste to move you through and out the other end of the line; ticked off as "done".
I cannot help but tie up in my mind the cool neoliberal approach to health care with the Seymour-sponsored Bill on Assisted Dying. Too silly?