Kenepuru after-hours medical service earmarked for nightly closureROSS GIBLIN/ FAIRFAX NZ Kenepuru Hospital's 24-hour clinic has already been shut at night at times when staff cannot be found. Tens of thousands of people, from Wellington's northern suburbs to the Kapiti Coast, look set to lose access to after-hours medical care. MONIQUE FORD/ FAIRFAX NZ Ella Clifford, 9, and brother Jacob, 7, are regular users of the after-hours service. SUPPLIED Porirua Deputy Mayor 'Ana Coffey wants to save the after-hours service. Clifford regularly visited the Kenepuru service when her son, Jacob, 7, had asthma attacks, and said losing it would be "absolutely horrible".

Source: Stuff August 14, 2016 06:56 UTC