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PA i New Plymouth taumarunui Hospital's,[ advertising campaign for {patients has been j so successful it has led to the unthinkable — a waiting list. Last Marell the hospital, anxious to make use or an J underused I operating theatre, went in search of orthopaedic • patients wno were hdving long waits in other regions. ’,{ ' • A tyip replacement] surgeon, Mr David Hay| said at yesterday’s
hospital board meeting that demand waslsuclr tiiat the 123-bed hospital, was, now booked until January, j ' ■ I I The hospital’s surgeon-superin-tendent, Mr Paul Malpass,| said waiting lists ; Had always ! been disliked by [the! hospital. [ j But the | number of referrals from other [regions had ensured the hospital stayed open. I (“If we don’t do this we fold. It is as simple as that,” he said.
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