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Waitakare Hospital's new ICU unit sitting empty with no staff

A West Auckland leader says the stalled opening of an long awaited intensive care unit is a "smack in the face" for the community. Waitakere Hospital's brand new six bed Intensive Care Unit is full equipped and has been due to be running by the end of the year. But it's sitting empty with no operating budget, no staff and no opening date. Rowan Quinn reports.

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