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July 1, 2020
Ian Powell: Continuing Scandal over Tunnel Vision Public Hospital Rebuilding

Ian Powell: Continuing Scandal over Tunnel Vision Public Hospital Rebuilding

When Jacinda Ardern unexpectedly became the Labour Party leader shortly before the 2017 general election, she promised to lead a government of transformation. After nearly three years occupying the Treasury benches, health professionals working in public hospitals have been keenly waiting for transformational progress, including in the capacity and quality of hospital buildings where a …

May 5, 2020
Josephine Varghese: The Coronavirus Pandemic Exposes the Inefficiency of Capitalism

Josephine Varghese: The Coronavirus Pandemic Exposes the Inefficiency of Capitalism

We must of course have equality of treatment, patients with this virus will be treated for free, and they’ll be treated as part of a single, national hospital service. These were the words of the Irish health minister Simon Harris when he announced the nationalisation of all private hospitals for the duration of the Covid …

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