PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSHCaring for two Covid-19-stricken sailors over the weekend stretched Southland Hospital almost to breaking point. News at least one of the cases was leaving hospital was a relief for Southern District Health Board chief executive Chris Fleming. Mr Fleming told a board committee meeting yesterday that Southland Hospital could not have coped with more Covid-19 cases. Southland Hospital had limited negative pressure capacity and also had to manage serious staffing pressures, Mr Fleming said. Pharmacies have recently joined the vaccination rollout, and yesterday Roslyn Pharmacy, in Dunedin, which has offered off-site vaccinations for some months, opened its on-site vaccination clinic.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 02, 2021 16:32 UTC