A 74-year-old woman, identified as Mrs A, died in Dunedin Hospital after her surgery for a broken leg was delayed for three days, with a review finding the postponement was the root cause of her death due to cardiac issues, a pulmonary embolism, and a stroke during the procedure.
The Health and Disability Commissioner (HDC) ruled that Health NZ breached her patient rights, citing limited operating theatre access and failure to adjust her priority status.
Her daughter, a general practitioner, raised concerns about chronic resource shortages at the hospital and hopes the case will drive change.
Health NZ has since implemented measures to reduce surgical delays, including doubling weekend operating theatre capacity, and has issued a formal apology to the woman’s family.
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This Nation needs to declare a Medical Emergency on a National Scale, and activate the NZDF Doctors and Nurses to report to understaffed hospitals in order to clear the waiting lists!
Bringing in Doctors and Nurses from Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, etc. would also be of great help, as many of them were trained in the U.S..
We’re tired of the incompetent deliberate bullshit that the Uni-Party Government has been pulling on us all.
Lost my mother to Streptococcus Septicemia, despite the disease being one of the first brochures you see in the foyer of the Christchurch Hospital! They ignored her and placed her on the overflow ward. She then went into a coma 8 hours later and died.
Prior to that, she had lost a kidney from renal cell carcinoma, which was ignored / overlooked by both the GP and Specialists.
My Dad died due to bowel cancer, as the GP refused to refer him for post-cancer op checks, and said only that he was ‘fit and healthy’.
He died 6 weeks later.
Tired of the bullshit from the health sector, the MoH and *Health NZ (*UN-elected ‘Leader’) who all coincidentally seem to be running with the same playbook as noted below…
https://justice-4-poland.com/2025/01/23/if-you-are-over-50-your-government-wants-you-dead/
https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-06-07-never-forget-your-own-government-tried-to-murder-you.html
https://www.allnewspipeline.com/The_State_Is_Not_Your_Friend.php
https://www.infowars.com/posts/dont-trust-the-government-not-with-your-privacy-property-or-your-freedoms
Too busy giving our tax money to Ukrainian dictatorships, to fund our healthcare back home properly. When are we going to get elected politicians, who stand shoulder to shoulder, with their countrymen and women?
I read on X that this happened in 2021 under the Ardern Red Terror, what needs to be asked in Parliament at question time is what were the conditions of the patients that were prioritised over her.