Auckland Hospital’s flea-infested carpet repairs may take four decades
Auckland Hospital faces a backlog so severe that carpet repairs could take over 40 years to complete at the current pace.
A former senior project manager at Auckland Hospital has warned that the hospital's carpet repair work is severely backlogged. At the current rate of progress, it would take more than four decades to complete all the necessary repairs. The issue includes flea infestation in the carpets.
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Auckland Hospital's flea-infested carpet might not be replaced for decades
It would take more than four decades to complete carpet repair work at the current pace, says a former senior project manager for Auckland Hospital.