No national fan but this might be the only decent ideas to come out of this party imo. Not enough for me to vote for them but man I wish labour would stop letting Auckland and Otago bullshit their way through securing their duopoly at the expense of our countries medical system.
Of course, the plan to fund a new medical school is sketchy at best. Medicine is obviously underfunded already, perhaps I’d hear an argument that the money would be better spent increasing wages for our existing doctors. That said, I’m of the opinion a new medical school couldn’t hurt us.
We just don’t have the money to pay doctors and nurses what Australia pays them. Our best bet is to get some deal where they agree to work here for some years after they graduate in exchange for the education.
You’d think people would have some degree of loyalty to their own country but apparently not. The almighty buck rules and they are happy to take the training they got and go make the big buck overseas while they watch the country struggle.
