Southern District Health Board chairman Errol Millar will not be able to make one last plea for retention of neurosurgery services in Dunedin at the South Island district health board chairmen's meeting in Christchurch today because he will be at home in Ranfurly.
The All Blacks-Wales rugby test in Dunedin this weekend meant he could not organise flights to get home before Sunday so he decided it was better and cheaper to send his deputy, Paul Menzies, from Southland.
Mr Millar, who usually chairs the meetings, was expecting some ribbing, and said he had asked it to be made known that he was not putting in an apology so he could attend the rugby.
He would be spending the weekend at home.
