'Absolute nightmare' - patients left waiting in soiled beds at North Shore emergency department

Stuff (New Zealand) and Radio New Zealand describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened"It feels like we're at war," a charge nurse says.

What changedThe left frames it as "Hospital ED nurses declare ‘state of emergency’ after patients left in soiled beds". The center frames it as "'Absolute nightmare' - patients left waiting in soiled beds at North Shore emergency depa...".

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Still Watching. The left frames it as "Hospital ED nurses declare ‘state of emergency’ after patients left in soiled beds". The center frames it as "'Absolute nightmare' - patients left waiting in soiled beds at North Shore emergency depa...".

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Aug 23, 10:56 PM: Stuff (New Zealand) joined the source map.

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Stuff (New Zealand)1h ago

Hospital ED nurses declare ‘state of emergency’ after patients left in soiled beds

Nurses at Auckland’s North Shore Hospital have declared a “state of emergency”, saying chronic understaffing and severe overcrowding are putting patients at risk and leaving some waiting mo...

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Radio New Zealand1h ago

'Absolute nightmare' - patients left waiting in soiled beds at North Shore emergency department

"It feels like we're at war," a charge nurse says.

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