Doctor to join service
A Christchurch doctor who tried to establish a 24-hour clinic late last year says he will join the new service.
Dr Charles Baycroft, of the Cashel Clinic, said his clinic, started in November last year, had “fizzed” because so few people knew about it.
“We had a few people after midnight but not
enough to cover the cost of paying staff so we have gone back to being open between 8 a.m. and midnight with someone on call after that,” he said. He and another doctor had been working 24 hours on, 24 hours off for four months before deciding to reduce the hours. Dr Baycroft said he would join the new ser-
vice but if it got too busy he might again establish his own 24-hour clinic “because I like the idea."
"People get sick 24 hours a day and so there should be a service 24 hours a day. But there is no point in competition and having two services with neither fully used. We will co-operate with them.”
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Press, 11 March 1987, Page 9
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