Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists – Press Release/Statement:
Headline: DHBs support fatigued surgeons continuing to work
The new collective agreement on offer to a small group of surgical registrars represented by Specialty Trainees of New Zealand(STONZ) makes clear the country’s twenty District Health Boards (DHBs) have a total disregard for the health and wellbeing of their doctors, and through them the safety of their patients. Under the misguided assumption that an unfounded risk to training trumps the health and safety of doctors, the DHBs are endorsing a collective agreement that will see fatigued surgeons continuing to operate on patients.
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