Monday, 19 April 2021, 2:05 pm
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today
released a report finding a rest home in breach of the Code
of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the
Code) for failures in its care of an elderly
woman.
The woman stayed for a short time at the rest
home while awaiting a definitive care plan to manage
fractures in her upper arm.
On day eight of her stay
at the rest home, she was transferred to the public hospital
via ambulance as her condition had deteriorated, and she had
severe pain and dehydration. Sadly, four days later she
Press Release – Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding a rest home in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers Rights (the Code) for failures in its care of an elderly woman. The woman stayed …
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding a rest home in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failures in its care of an elderly woman.
The woman stayed for a short time at the rest home while awaiting a definitive care plan to manage fractures in her upper arm.
Monday, 19 April 2021, 2:02 pm
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today
released a report finding Fertility Associates Holdings
Limited in breach of the Code of Health and Disability
Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failures in its
care of a woman undergoing a cycle of IVF.
A blood
test was taken to determine whether or not the woman was in
the correct stage of her menstrual cycle to begin an IVF
cycle. The woman’s progesterone result was found to be
higher than expected and indicated that she might already
have been pregnant.
While some of the results of the
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Press Release – Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner Health and Disability Commissioner Morag McDowell today released a report finding a doctor in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers Rights (the Code) for failures in the care of a woman with dementia. The woman and her partner …
Health and Disability Commissioner Morag McDowell today released a report finding a doctor in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failures in the care of a woman with dementia.
The woman and her partner went to see the doctor to complete a medical certificate certifying the woman’s mental capacity to appoint her partner as her enduring power of attorney (EPOA). A person can only make an EPOA if they have sufficient mental capacity to understand what an EPOA is and what its effect will be.