Total number of ICU beds and ventilators
Mr. Berger made this Official Information request to Ministry of Health
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From: Mr. Berger
Dear Ministry of Health,
Please provide me with the most recent tally of the total number of ventilators and ICU beds the New Zealand health system has.
Please also provide an indication of how many of those beds are currently occupied.
Yours faithfully,
Harry Berger
From: OIA Requests
Kia ora Mr Berger
Thank you for your request for official information. The Ministry of Health can only provide the number of ventilators and ICU beds capacity as at 29 April 2020 as it has only been recorded since March 2020. This is publicly available: https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/...
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From: Mr. Berger
Dear OIA Requests,
I write regarding my previous request.
Can you now provide an update on the number of ventilators and ICU beds available?
Alternatively, can you provide any estimates of the number of ventilators and ICU beds?
Yours sincerely,
Mr. Berger
From: OIA Requests
Kia ora Mr Berger,
Thank you for your request for official information received on 17 August
2021 for:
"Can you now provide an update on the number of ventilators and ICU beds
available?
Alternatively, can you provide any estimates of the number of ventilators
and ICU beds?”
The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H202110729.
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being 20 working days after the day your request was received.
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Kia ora Mr Berger,
Thank you for your request of 19 August 2021 for the following:
Can you now provide an update on the number of ventilators and ICU beds
available?
Alternatively, can you provide any estimates of the number of ventilators
and ICU beds?
Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances the Ministry will be unable
to provide you with a response to your request today. We apologise for any
inconvenience this may cause and will endeavour to get this information to
you by Monday.
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OIA Services
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Ministry of Health
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Kia ora Mr Berger,
We apologise for the delay in your response. Please find attached a
response to your official information act request.
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Ministry of Health
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The rapid response time is commendable. However, I find it difficult to believe that the Government has not done a stock take of ICUs and ventilators since March 2020, given the circumstances.
I note that the Ministry had an estimate of 552 beds becoming available in July 2020 (https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/4157...). It strikes me as odd that they have not confirmed this.
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