Photo: ODT filesTension ran high at a community meeting about the future of the Oamaru Hospital on Friday night. Hospital staff members, or representatives of them, were at the meeting. Conversation over microphones between Mr Kircher and Dr Clayton became heated, and Mr Kircher was shut down and asked to take his seat. There was a demand for another urgent community meeting with representatives from Waitaki District Health Services. A group was formed from Friday night's community meeting to put some ideas that came from the meeting into action.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 17, 2019 15:56 UTC