The problem is the political leadership of the health system; that is, the government. The Government has the means to prevent respiratory hospitalisations but, to date, it has not done so by choice.
This needs to change if the health of babies, reducing hospital overcrowding and economic commonsense are to mean anything.
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2610/S00036/learning-from-surging-respiratory-hospitalisations.htm
#nzpol #RSV #health #voteGreenNZ
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