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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-612/
- Published: 2022-07-04T18:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-07-04T09:48:19.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Health, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 23:04

> General surgeons have written an open letter to Health Minister **Andrew Little** expressing what they say are “grave concerns” about the state of the health workforce.   
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> They said some hospitals are essentially just doing acute trauma and cancer surgery, with the number of cancelled planned surgeries ballooning.   
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> Newshub

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Running on empty. Cartoon credit Sonovamin. The BFD.

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