The new ANZ Bank in Queen Street has no Disability access for a wheelchair. The Building Code states: Buildings shall be provided with reasonable and adequate access to enable safe and easy movement of people. That's fairly simple I would have thought! Based on my experience with council,you have to comply with the rules. Within…
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Solving Patient No-Shows for the DHB
Supercare4u.com is a Patient Transfer Service. We provide no-emergency Medical Transport in vehicles that have a wheelchair hoist. This allows us to assist with wheelchair and stretcher transfers. Currently we provide a transfer service for patients requiring medical appointments. Yet I read of problems with the DHB,s where tens of thousands of patients are failing…
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24% of New Zealanders are Disabled
When we started Supercare4u.com our aim was to provide a service to the community. as time has progressed we now find ourselves being an essential social service to the community. The release of the census figures from Statistics New Zealand show 24 per cent of Kiwis are disabled. A quarter of New Zealanders are disabled,…
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Ambulance writes off $2.9 million
At Johns Ambulance service in New Zealand has had to write off $2.9 million in bad debts from a quarter of people invoiced for ambulance treatment that aren't paying. St John treats 400,000 patients each year and about 185,000 callouts result in an invoice for a part charge. New Zealanders are charged $75 or $84…
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