The lack of air-conditioning at Hawke's Bay Hospital in Hastings has been a contentious issue in previous years, with staff and patients given ice blocks and fans to help them cool down. Doctors are urging Hawke's Bay Hospital in Hastings to take action to avoid another sweltering summer due to no air-conditioning. Doctors told the Resident Doctors' Association (RDA) that temperatures reached 25 Celsius inside the wards a couple of weekends ago. In previous years, staff and patients were given ice blocks and fans, but this did not make a significant difference. File/RNZ Hawke's Bay Hospital is back to its heated problem.

Source: Stuff November 26, 2020 00:45 UTC