Anaesthetic Technicians at Southland Hospital are on strike, until 4 tomorrow afternoon
Anaesthetic Technicians at Southland Hospital are on strike, until 4 tomorrow afternoon
11 January 2019
It follows the strike in October last year, in an attempt to settle their collective agreement.
The APEX union says the hospital's six anaesthetic technicians is too few to run a safe service.
Among other claims, they want the Southern DHB to employ one new Anaesthetic Technician trainee each year at Southland Hospital, to ensure adequate staffing levels for the future.
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