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Gordon Campbell on the ethics of Omicron treatment, plus a playlist

January 25, 2022 0

As the Omicron infection wave prepares to break across New Zealand, the “red” condition is likely to be more of a form of gestural politics, […]

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Gordon Campbell on the geo-political posturing over China’s cyber hacks, plus the weekly playlist

July 22, 2021 0

The timing was one of the weirder aspects of this week’s cyber condemnation of China by the West. Why was this piece of political theatre […]

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Gordon Campbell on welcoming the major health reforms

April 21, 2021 0

Usually “reform” of government agencies is a cost cutting exercise in disguise, but this morning’s revision of the health system looks totally different. These reforms […]

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Gordon Campbell on buying ventilators, and expanding the testing for Covid-19

April 1, 2020 0

Before getting into recent developments….. who knew that Covid-19 was so powerful it could make NZ parliamentarians act like adults, and make them pose intelligent […]

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Los Angeles, Calif. (July 23, 2004) - Navy Hospital Corpsmen and Medical Officers assess the treatment and prognosis of a patient with a gunshot wound to the head in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Los Angeles County, University of Southern California (USC) Medical Center. The students are part of an outreach cooperative training program between Navy Medicine and the medical center. The Naval Trauma Training CenterÕs (NTTC) mission is to provide trauma experience and knowledge to Naval medical personnel before they deploy. The students from Naval Hospitals, clinics and commands at Naval Installations around the world, work in the emergency room, operating room and intensive care unit, to learn about the wide range of situations they may encounter when sent into the field. U.S. Navy photo by PhotographerÕs Mate 2nd Class Johansen Laurel (RELEASED)

Gordon Campbell on our (fatal?) shortage of ventilators

March 30, 2020 0

With a few honourable exceptions there has been a striking lack of focus on the (insufficient) number of ventilators in our intensive care units – […]

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Gordon Campbell on Labour’s timidity, and the temporary outrage over Syria

April 10, 2018 0

What an odd post-Cabinet press conference that was yesterday, from PM Jacinda Ardern and Finance Minister Grant Robertson. Overall, it was like hearing from the […]

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Gordon Campbell on DHB deficits and free trade

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DHBs are under intense pressure to reduce deficits within a climate of chronic underfunding.

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Gordon Campbell on the reasons for Southern DHB’s problems

June 18, 2015 0

Once again in our health system, making the books look healthy seems more important than ensuring the patients are healthy. The fact that people pay […]

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Gordon Campbell on the token boost to elective surgery

May 7, 2015 0

Political tokenism comes in many shapes and sizes, but the $98 million boost in elective surgery is a cynical example of it. The pre-Budget package […]

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On John Key’s Assault On The Welfare System

May 31, 2011 0

Illustration by Tim Denee – www.timdenee.com If John Key is the face of moderation, there’s not much room left on the margins for the extremism […]

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On aged care, and the Len Brown, Celia Wade-Brown triumphs

October 15, 2010 0

The Greens/Labour Party investigation of conditions in the aged care sector in New Zealand paints a hair-raising picture of this country’s quality of care for […]

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