Otago Medical School responds to Labour's promised 335 extra doctors if re-elected

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Labour is promising an extra 335 doctors if re-elected.
The policy would boost placements at Otago and Auckland's medical schools by a further 95 every year, beginning in 2024 and ending in 2027.
It would cost almost a billion dollars over ten years and comes as thousands of senior doctors and hospital dentists walked off the job over deadlocked pay negotiations.
Otago Medical School acting dean Professor Tim Wilkinson spoke to Corin Dann.