
Woman left with colostomy bag after 30cm cyst removed without consent
Her bowel was pierced during the surgery which was meant to be on her right ovary.
Her bowel was pierced during the surgery which was meant to be on her right ovary.
The mother repeatedly asked for further ultrasound scans.
A report found cancer patients were harmed for years by long waitlists.
Wellington hospitals are coming under pressure this winter with long wait times.
Memories of the man's burnt face still haunt his family.
Despite tests indicating the woman had sepsis, it went untreated until it was too late.
The ministry said there was no consensus on whether mesh operations should be paused.
'If I didn’t think there were knock-on effects for patients, I wouldn't be talking.'
Extremely rare stop-work orders highlight growing pressure on frontline hospital staff.
The practitioner repeatedly emailed the woman, offering her money after the incident.
Her family felt her death could have been avoided if due diligence had been carried out.
'I now see my thinking and actions not only as wrong, but repulsive and ridiculous'.
'I have never had a massage therapist put their finger in my butt crack before or since.'
Other residents ventured into the man's room repeatedly over two months.
A woman was sent home bleeding after an IUD removal went wrong - three times.
'He just kept coming in', Linda Worrall says.
Parents: Our baby has been robbed of achieving his true potential in life.
The man placed a sample in storage for IVF before undergoing chemotherapy.
Bill Donaldson was in a relationship with the patient for around two years.
She was thought to have been suffering sciatica. It was something far more serious.
One support worker said it felt like she was "witnessing child abuse" but it was denied.
Elderly hospital patient called out for help for 20 minutes before a nurse attended him.
The National Advocacy Trust receives millions in taxpayer funding through HDC each year.
One health practioner said it would "paint targets" on doctors' and nurses' backs.
The student was vaccinated despite telling the nurse her mother no longer consented.
The woman told the Herald she was disgusted by the waiting periods.
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.