In a recent poll conducted by the National Health Board, it has been unveiled that people have no more faith in the health providers such as Otago and Southland.

It has been accentuated that none of the District Health Board has performed fairly in the survey that was aimed to analyze the popularity of different health care providers in the region.

The reason stated for the poor performance in the poll has been credited to Brian Rousseau's "propensity to get fixations on particular issues". Rousseau renders his services as the Chief Executive at the Southern District Health Board.

While Otago has got seventh last position in the survey, the rank for Southland is as low as third last.

In addition, Chief executives at Waitemata, Bay of Plenty, Whanganui, Hawkes Bay and Mid-Central have also been rated very poorly.

The Executive Director at the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, Mr. Ian Powell stated: "Unfortunately, the chief executive, while hard-working, has a propensity to get fixations on particular issues which makes achieving effective clinical leadership difficult”.

Mr. Rousseau remained unavailable for the comment despite repeated attempts.

The survey results have been published in the newsletter of the union, The Specialist.