A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
Having heard and read much in the news lately about the incredible stress our health system and health workers are under, I would like to give a shout out to the staff of our local hospital. I have had cause to have many dealings with the local health system over
the past few months and I have found every person I have dealt with to be unfailingly kind, compassionate, caring and efficient.
I include here doctors, nurses, receptionists, secretaries . . . each one has been able to convey the impression that individuals really do matter. Some of them, I believe, go way above and beyond the call of duty in their efforts to accommodate the needs of people who live a great distance away from the hospital, ensuring appointments are coordinated as much as possible and arranged for as convenient a time as can be managed.
If they are struggling with great stress they certainly don't take it out on us, the patients.
But I would say to other patients: smile and be kind to your health worker. A little gratitude goes a long way.
A very grateful patient
