Opinion Piece: Waikato medical school folly (Paywalled)
It was also pointed out alternative options not fully considered included the proposal from the existing medical schools which outlined how they could scale up to turn out more doctors more quickly than the third school and for less money. (The government contribution to establishing the third school is estimated at about $300 million.)
The existing schools say they could train hundreds more doctors without extra capital spending, but it would require the government raising their annual intake quotas. (
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