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Dermatologist Performed Surgery On Old Scar Instead Of Skin Cancer

Monday, 5 July 2021, 2:09 pm Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding a dermatologist in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failures in his care of a woman undergoing surgery for skin cancer. The woman, aged in her forties at the time of events, was referred to the dermatologist after a lesion was identified on the left-side of her forehead. It was confirmed to be a basal cell carcinoma lesion and the woman underwent Mohs surgery (a precise surgical technique to treat skin cancer). Around 24 hours after the surgery, when the

Taranaki DHB failed to provide patient with reasonable care, health commissioner rules

Mrs A has advised HDC that she does not have long to live. On Monday, Health and Disability Commissioner Morag McDowell released a report finding the Taranaki District Health Board (TDHB) in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights for failures in its care of Mrs A. The unreliability of TDHB’s results management system, and the collective failures of several clinicians, resulted in the woman not receiving services with reasonable care and skill, the report found. “The DHB has a duty to provide services with reasonable care and skill, and to have in place adequate systems that ensure the care provided to her complied with the code,” McDowell said.

MIL-OSI New Zealand: Health Investigation – Pharmacist dispensed wrong medication to teenager

Source: Health and Disability Commissioner Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Kevin Allan today released a report finding a pharmacy and pharmacist in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failures in relation to dispensing medication to a teenager. The teenager was prescribed sumatriptan for migraines. The pharmacist mistakenly dispensed another medication, sertraline, which is used to treat depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic attacks, anxiety or post-traumatic stress disorder. The error was discovered over six months later by the teenager’s school nurse. The Deputy Commissioner considered that the pharmacist did not check the dispensed medication adequately. The pharmacy failed to undertake an adequate review of the error, missing an opportunity to identify how the error occurred and to identify actions to minimise such errors in the future.

Toddler s Re-dislocated Hip Not Identified For Months

Monday, 28 June 2021, 2:01 pm Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Kevin Allan today released a report finding a DHB and orthopaedic surgeon in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failures in their care of a toddler following surgery. The toddler was diagnosed with developmental dysplasia of the hip after he began walking with a limp. The orthopaedic surgeon subsequently performed corrective surgery and the toddler had a cast applied. Following the surgery, the toddler attended appointments with the orthopaedic surgeon on multiple occasions to check his progress and change his cast. While the orthopaedic surgeon checked the

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