Ivor Popovich

Guest writer

Ivor Popovich works in Auckland as an intensive care doctor and will fully qualify as a specialist in August 2025.

A Dim Prognosis by Ivor Popovich gives and insider’s view of New Zealand’s health system. Image design: Tina Tiller.

‘Punitive and suffocating’: a doctor’s view of the working environment for nurses

'The protocols and guidelines and forms that were designed to help, now enslave us all.'

By Ivor Popovich | 21st June, 2025