Monday, 28 June 2021, 2:02 pm
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today
released a report finding an aged care provider 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, aged in her nineties at the time of
these events, had a number of health issues including
recurrent pneumonia, leukaemia, Parkinson’s disease and a
sacral pressure injury. She required full assistance with
daily living activities.
Until her death, she was a
permanent resident at Waiapu House Lifecare (WHL) run by
Heritage Lifecare Limited. This was during a period of
Monday, 28 June 2021, 2:00 pm
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
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Media release from the Health and Disability Commissioner
Monday 14 June 2021, 03:32 PM
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Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today released a report finding a nurse in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for his care of a man residing in a secure facility.
The man, aged in his fifties at the time of these events, has an intellectual disability and physical health concerns. He resides in a secure facility operated by the DHB and is a compulsory patient under the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992.
The man complained that he was assaulted by his primary nurse in the dining room at the facility. The man and the nurse told HDC different versions of events: the nurse said the man tripped and fell, whereas the man said the nurse pushed him. In any event, when the man was on the floor, the nurse sat on the man’s body and bounced on him, and did not remove him
Health and Disability Commissioner Morag McDowell today released a report finding Waitematā District Health Board (WDHB) in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights for failures in its care of a man undergoing surgery. .
Source:Â Health and Disability Commissioner
Health and Disability Commissioner Morag McDowell today released a report finding WaitematÄ District Health Board (WDHB) in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumersâ Rights for failures in its care of a man undergoing surgery.
In December 2018, the man underwent emergency surgery at WDHB to treat a perforated colon. Over two weeks later, he was admitted to hospital with abdominal pain and nausea. Through imaging it was found that a surgical instrument had been left in his abdomen inadvertently following the surgery.
Four days later he underwent surgery to remove the instrument, which was found to be an Alexis wound retractor â a tool used to hold open a surgical wound. The instrument became displaced and was pushed fully into the manâs abdomen, which was not noticed at the end of the initial emergency surgery.