Relevant offersA hospital doctor is fed up with people who use the emergency department for non-emergencies. The numbers through the emergency department doors mean he's sometimes working double shifts. READ MORE:* Holiday drunks clog Waikato emergency department, 90 per cent of staff assaulted* Hospital `woefully' understaffed"Our staff are working flat out," Bonning said. "It's a chronic issue, a longstanding problem, people using the emergency department like a drop-in clinic," he said. Rajar said after-hours appointments are not only to make things convenient for patients, but to prevent them from using the hospital emergency department.

Source: Stuff July 09, 2016 22:43 UTC