The board would not name the facilities, citing the interests of protecting residents’ privacy. Increased numbers of admissions to Palmerston North Hospital, many with respiratory illnesses, have contributed to a decision to postpone all planned care, except for cancer treatment and the most acute cases. MidCentral Health acute and specialist services operations executive Lyn Horgan said by 11am on Friday 52 elective surgeries had been put off to help free up in-patient beds. Elective surgeries had also been put off in other hospitals around New Zealand, including Waikato and Christchurch. Many hospitals had restricted visiting to children’s wards. Weir said although RSV was not a notifiable disease, it was helpful that aged-care facilities had kept the public health team informed.
In phone call with undercover investigator, businessman Rob Weir recounted a £2,800 hunting trip
Mr Weir said: There were five of us – one of them was a lady – and we shot 13,000 doves over four days
Mr Weir owns H. J. Weir Engineering, one of world s largest manufacturers of industrial laundry machines
He also said: The very first time I went out there I wanted to shoot a baboon. I had a thing about shooting a baboon, I don t know why but I did