Opinion: Terry Taylor has worked as a medical scientist in Dunedin Hospital’s pathology laboratory for 33 years. He is a past president of the Institute of Medical Laboratory Science.

But despite being proud of the dedication and skills of his professional work colleagues and of being an ‘Otago boy’, the sorry state of his laboratory and that of other hospital laboratories has led him to resign to take up a more professionally satisfying position in Australia.

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