Hospital ED nurses declare ‘state of emergency’ after patients left in soiled beds

Hospital ED nurses declare ‘state of emergency’ after patients left in soiled beds

Nurses at Auckland’s North Shore Hospital have declared a “state of emergency”, saying chronic understaffing and severe overcrowding are putting patients at risk and leaving some waiting more than 50 hours in the emergency department.

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