Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 1, 2019 17:23:16 GMT 12
KUIA RECEIVING CANCER TREATMENT CALLS FOR MORE MĀORI NURSES
A woman receiving chemotherapy for leukemia at Middlemore Hospital is calling for more Māori nurses and better care for Māori patients.
She says she’d like to see a Māori training programme where the nurses are paid to train, separate to the programme being run today.
“Eighteen percent of the population in South Auckland are Māori and only a handful of Māori nurses are working at Middlemore. That’s shocking,” she says......
www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/kuia-receiving-cancer-treatment-calls-more-maori-nurses
A woman receiving chemotherapy for leukemia at Middlemore Hospital is calling for more Māori nurses and better care for Māori patients.
She says she’d like to see a Māori training programme where the nurses are paid to train, separate to the programme being run today.
“Eighteen percent of the population in South Auckland are Māori and only a handful of Māori nurses are working at Middlemore. That’s shocking,” she says......
www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/kuia-receiving-cancer-treatment-calls-more-maori-nurses