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Teen died after monitoring stopped

A nurse faces a possible discliplinary hearing over her care of a 15-year-old boy who died while recovering from surgery done at the Greymouth's public hospital.

Patient who died after colon removal wasn't informed of risks

Mental health patient given wrong medication

Baby death: Doctor - 'out of my depth'

A newborn girl died soon after a horror delivery, for which a trainee specialist has admitted to being "out of my depth".

Baby's death: Doctor 'out of her depth'

A baby girl died following a difficult birth in which a registrar was "out of her depth" and undertook the delivery without required supervision.

'Is this the last time I'll see my son?'

The father of a child given 10 times the normal dose of codeine says his distraught wife can't forgive herself for not stopping the nurse with the "huge, big syringe".

Toddler given overdose of codeine

Two registered nurses have been found to be in breach of health codes for administering 10 times the recommended dose of codeine to a child at a private hospital.

Addiction counsellor exploited patient - report

Provisional diagnosis left family in dread

Two teens feared they could die at any moment after a pathologist initially got the cause of their father's sudden death wrong - a mistake that went uncorrected for almost five months.

Broken hip left untreated for days

Rest home staff who left an elderly woman's broken hip untreated for several days have been ordered to apologise and will be reviewed by the Nursing Council.

Brain bleed victim received inadequate treatment - watchdog

Man who died from haemorrhage given wrong medication

Contraceptive a factor in woman's death

Three general practitioners have been ordered to apologise after an overweight smoker died following repeatedly being prescribed an oral contraceptive pill.

Dad 'starved in rest home'

A former rest home manager is calling for better care for the elderly after her father was "starved of food and fluid" in a Whakatane centre.

Psychiatrist stripped of registration

A psychiatrist who had a sexual relationship with a vulnerable patient and paid her to keep mum has been stripped of his registration and ordered to pay more than $70k.

Doctor exploited vulnerable patient

A doctor who had a sexual relationship with a vulnerable patient, and paid her tens of thousands of dollars to keep quiet about it, has been found guilty of professional misconduct.