There are calls for a new hospital in South Auckland as its existing facility, Middlemore, gets set to celebrate 75 years. While staff did everything they could to help serve the needs of the community, Middlemore Hospital just was not big enough, she said. "Counties Manukau DHB noted that investment planning for the entire region points to the need for a new hospital, and Counties Manukau is probably where that hospital would go." "But there's still a need for a new greenfields hospital in the South Auckland area, because there's a limit to what they can achieve at Middlemore," she said. Dalton said the people of South Auckland deserved better.

Source: Stuff May 02, 2022 02:36 UTC