Whakatane Hospital goes without obstetricians since January

Update: 2025-10-13

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More than 240 women have been forced to travel from eastern Bay of Plenty to Tauranga to give birth this year - a third of those being emergency transfers. Ruth Hill reports.

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Whakatane Hospital goes without obstetricians since January

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Whakatane Hospital goes without obstetricians since January

Whakatane Hospital goes without obstetricians since January