Compensation for Private Hospitals shutdown during Covid-19
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From: Paul Roberts
Dear Ministry of Health,
This request is made under the Official Information Act.
With respect to the below article published 24 Apr about the shutdown of private hospitals during the Covid-19 Lockdown.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/1212356...
During the Lockdown these private hospitals in NZ did not see a single Covid-19 patient which is similar to hospitals across the Globe that were documented as being idle by independent video evidence. Official statistics showed on average a 60% decline in patient visits during this time compared to previous years and Doctors and Nurses spent their idle time making dancing videos on Tik-tok.
What compensation and amount has the Ministry/Government paid to these private hospitals for remaining empty during the Lockdown period?
Yours faithfully,
Paul Roberts
Ministry of Health
Kia ora
Thank you for your requests for official information received on 23 July
2020 for:
"1. Would you please tell us what number of people diagnosed with Covid-19
received treatment that made use of a ventilator?
2. How many of those patients at (1) died?
3. What evidence does the Ministry/Government have that proves
SARS-CoV-2/2019-nCoV even exists which meets the accepted standard
requiring fulfillment of Koch’s postulates?
4. What compensation and amount has the Ministry/Government paid to these
private hospitals for remaining empty during the Lockdown period?"
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