20,000 people wait for surgery or first look in Waikato stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Rowan Quinn of RNZ
Surgeons are still taking a pen to their theatre lists each day, cancelling patients' operations at the last minute.
This is despite
Covid has now killed around 1700 people in New Zealand, but much of our news reporting and commentary has focused on how we're learning to live with the virus. Why is there such a mismatch between the media coverage about "moving on", and the reality of a pandemic that's inflicting more suffering and death than ever before?