16 Feb 2022

Elderly person waits nearly 24hrs in Palmerston North ED

From Checkpoint, 6:12 pm on 16 February 2022

A Palmerston North woman has been left dismayed, after waiting with her elderly relative for almost a full day in the city's hospital Emergency department, before they were moved to a ward.

The women's relative was rushed to hospital with breathing difficulties and high blood pressure.

Jimmy Ellingham reports.