he Dean of the University of Otago School of Medicine, Dr. John Adams, has spoken out against the potential cuts to Dunedin Hospital neurosurgery services, telling the Otago Daily Times that any such action risked becoming the "death of tertiary services by a thousand cuts.”
The review of the service has drawn the ire of Dunedin’s teaching medical community, and the proposal to move all six South Island neurosurgeons to Christchurch has been condemned. Dr. Adams added that the loss of neurosurgery would affect several areas, saying "It is already very hard to recruit academic staff and it would just make that harder."
Neurosurgery Cuts
