The feeding pumps are used to ensure ill people who cannot feed themselves get enough nutrition. Photo / Getty ImagesThe feeding pumps are used to ensure ill people who cannot feed themselves get enough nutrition. However, it denies leaving any patients to starve and says it had ordered 50 new feeding machines to plug the gap. "We took immediate steps to manage increased demand for feeding pumps. We ordered 50 new pumps which arrived in July, bringing our total to 180 feeding pumps in our hospitals and reducing waiting times," Shepherd said.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 11, 2021 17:03 UTC