Nigel MurrayDisgraced former health boss Nigel Murray is claiming the credit for merging the Otago and Southland health boards, despite the amalgamation happening after he had moved on. Dr Murray resigned from his $560,000 a year post at the WDHB in October amid an expenses scandal and was followed last month by Waikato chairman Bob Simcock. Association of Salaried Medical Specialists executive director Ian Powell said Dr Murray "had no role at all in the merger. It emerged yesterday the proposed Waikato Medical School was not the first medical school pushed for by Dr Murray. He wanted a medical school built in Canada in 2008.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 04, 2017 16:05 UTC