Checkpoint. 1988-04-05.

Episode of news and current affairs programme 'Checkpoint' from 5 April 1988.
Opening theme music, greeting from Janice Aplin followed by intro to tonight's stories.
The report of the Hospitals' Task Force was released this afternoon. The report recommends major changes to the hospital structure, which the Task Force says will improve efficiencies, shorten waiting lists and provide greater equity.
Report by Mark Champion
Alan Gibbs, Chairman, Task Force
David Caygill, Minister of Health
Roger Douglas, Finance Minister
John Ryall, Service Workers' Federation
Gay Williams, Executive Director, Nurses Association
The Head of Fiji's interim government, Ratu Sir Kamasese Mara, has returned home from a visit to London without the backing he was seeking for Fiji's return to the Commonwealth.

Report by Janice Aplin
Patrick Keightley, Specialist Commonwealth Affairs (Ex Tapes)
The American company Union Carbide has lost its appeal against paying tens of millions of dollars in interim damages for the 1984 Bhopal disaster. More than 2,800 people died from the gas leak - the world's worst industrial disaster.
Report by Kelvin Dick
Steve Sailor, New Delhi (Ex tapes)