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Ketamine treatment not 'experimental'
A psychiatrist who treated patients with the drug ketamine for depression was not carrying out research or experimental treatment, it's been found.
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GP 'crossed boundaries' - Commissioner
A GP who visited a patient at work, pulling his trousers down and asking her to perform a sex act on him, crossed boundaries, the Health and Disability Commissioner says.
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Woman left with large growths on face after unapproved drug injections
A doctor who left a patient with large growths on her face after being injected with an unapproved drug has been fined $8000 and told his work will be scrutinised.
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Surgery patient not told about superbug
A plastic surgeon failed to tell a patient she had contracted the superbug MRSA following breast reduction surgery, the Health and Disability Commission has found.
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Chiropractor ordered to apologise
A chiropractor accused of pinching a woman's nipples while treating her for lower back and leg pain has been told to formally apologise.
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Couple fight for son's body parts
The parents of Zachary Gravatt, who died of meningococcal disease, have revealed a fresh agony they faced in putting their 22-year-old medical-student son to rest.
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Action urged on South Auckland's high baby death rate
Newborns and unborn babies in later pregnancy have been dying in South Auckland at a higher rate than the national average for most of the past decade.
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DHB criticised over death of patient
The Bay of Plenty District Health Board has been criticised for serious failings in the care it provided a mental health patient who later committed suicide.
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Cancer victim died after tests refused
A woman with a history of cancer died, after North Shore Hospital refused to order tests which would have diagnosed bone cancer.
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Cost of surgical mesh
A surgical mesh that is the subject of international lawsuits and health warnings is still being implanted in hundreds of New Zealanders.
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Rest home dehydration and weight loss
Residents of an understaffed rest home near Christchurch suffered from dehydration and weight loss, according to an official audit.
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'Evidence of neglect' at rest home
A health authority has taken charge of an Auckland rest home after planning and management failings amounting to "evidence of neglect".