Hospitals now rejecting patients from waitlists due to BMI - after 80 year olds rejected due to "lack of resources"

State of Health: Update

Kiwis Disallowed From Waiting Lists Based on Arbitrary Measures

Wellington hospital are now rejecting patients from specialist waiting lists due to BMI (body mass index).

This article from Rachel Thomas for The Post says it all (emphasis mine):

A group of Porirua GPs are sounding alarm bells after patients with body mass indexes (BMI) of more than 35 were …