26 Jul 2017

Man was kept waiting three weeks for heart surgery in Dunedin

From Morning Report, 8:18 am on 26 July 2017

Heart surgery patient Allan Sutton talks about the four times his surgery was delayed at Dunedin hospital until he threw "a wobbly" and insisted they operate on him. Mr Sutton he believed the hospital had shut down beds in its intensive care unit to save money.

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