With a number of armed incidents in South Auckland making headlines, the Counties Manukau District Health Board is reviewing its emergency lockdown plans to deal with such events.
Counties Manukau Health is reviewing its emergency lockdown plan to deal with crisis situations, including firearms incidents.
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The issue was outlined in the minutes of a DHB meeting from late last year after concerns were raised by board member Garry Boles about heightened risk of armed violence in the community.
Counties Manukau Health chief executive Margie Apa explained that Middlemore Hospital has escalation procedures that include different alert levels and how to initiate a lockdown.
With a number of armed incidents in south Auckland making headlines, the Counties Manukau DHB is reviewing its emergency lockdown plans to deal with such events
With a number of armed incidents in south Auckland making headlines, the Counties Manukau DHB is reviewing its emergency lockdown plans to deal with such events 3 February 2021
The issue was outlined in the minutes of a DHB meeting from late last year after board member Garry Boles raised concerns about heightening risk of armed violence in the community.
The Local Democracy Reporting service reports the board asked for the escalation procedures to be checked with Police, to ensure they were sufficient and report back at this month s meeting.