"One patient on Monday ended up spending 39 hours in the [Wellington Hospital] emergency department but there had been previous cases of 100 hours."

#HarrietLaughton, #TomHunt, The Post, Jan 21, 2026

100 hours. That's more than 4 days. Waiting to be seen in the *emergency* department at our capital city's main hospital. WTF.

#health #HealthCrisis