Care facility failure: Vomiting, diarrhoea but too late to call the doctor
The HDC considered the failures of staff demonstrated a pattern of 'suboptimal care'.
The HDC considered the failures of staff demonstrated a pattern of 'suboptimal care'.
Both women will receive apologies for the inadequate consent provided by the clinicians.
A throat cancer patient was pumped with so much morphine his brain was deprived of oxygen.
Te Whatu Ora aims to have 300 local trainers available by 2027.
'I have made mistakes but I’m not a bad person'.
The surgical team was unaware the patient had a lung removed 10 years earlier.
The number of complaints received by the commissioner last year created a backlog.
A Pharmacist blamed a colleague for a mistake that put a patient in hospital.
The nurse accidentally mixed up the woman's medication.
HDC: Toxicity buildup went undiagnosed and contributed to his eventual heart failure.
Two different doctors failed to pick up or act on the tumour in her lung.
Inquiry finds breaches of care code at rural health centre where child died.
The doctor subscribes to Covid conspiracies, including that it can magnetise recipients.
Whaikaha, Ministry of the Disabled, considers investigation into allegations of neglect.
A coroner has referred the death of a man at Auckland Hospital for further investigation.
Woman suffers voice problems after consenting to surgery to remove cancer while sedated.
Therapist and laser therapy clinic have both been told to apologise to burned woman.
Kiwis have been dying in their own way - at the beach, or in bed with a dog at their feet.
The rest home has made many changes and improvements since the incident.
He had his leg amputated three months after going to hospital with an ingrown nail.
The woman was given droperidol for pain relief by a registered nurse.
Complaints to the Health and Disability Commissioner have shot up, causing big delays.
Pharmacy staff mixed up the newborn baby's medicine.
The woman said she was yet to receive a direct apology for what happened to her.
Hineihana Sosefina Mausii died of acute myeloid leukaemia in September 2013.
'It was a disaster...we could not believe this happened in New Zealand,' mum says.
The counsellor was treating the woman, her husband and their female partner.
The woman was administered an incorrect dose six times by six different nurses.
The woman said morphine could cause her heart rate to slow to an abnormally low rate.
Mr A was diagnosed with terminal cancer that may have been avoided with follow-up care.