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A report into the care of a woman who gave birth to an underweight baby which later died has found the Bay of Plenty District Health Board failed in its duty of care and breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights.
Baby girl dies: Gov-funded investigation finds Bay of Plenty DHB in breach for lack of care
8 Mar, 2021 02:30 AM
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A baby girl died after multiple failures by Bay of Plenty DHB. Photo / 123rf
Emma Russell is a health reporter for the New Zealand Heraldemma.russell@nzherald.co.nz
A newborn girl died after a midwife failed to record a pregnant mum s severe morning sickness and weight loss restricting her baby s growth. They say that time heals all wounds, but I can say that the whānau will never get over the passing of [their baby], a family spokesperson said.
Legendary All Black wing Stu Wilson becomes orderly at Tauranga Hospital
6 Mar, 2021 05:00 PM
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Being back in a team environment is familiar to former All Blacks captain Stu Wilson. Photo / George Novak
Being back in a team environment is familiar to former All Blacks captain Stu Wilson. Photo / George Novak
He once flew down the wing in front of thousands of screaming rugby fans, but now former All Black captain Stu Wilson is ferrying patients up and down hospital hallways. Known as one of the greatest finishers of all time, the 66-year-old is now at home in the engine room of Tauranga Hospital.
Bay of Plenty District Health Board emergency operation s controller Brent Gilbert-De Rios said they did not have to evacuate patients from Whakatāne Hospital as they were outside the flood zone. However, the hospital’s Tsunami Plan was implemented and patients and staff in the hospital were relocated to the first floor of the Dawson Block on the hospital campus. In Northland, resident Rosie Stone, who has lived in the Helena Bay area for 30 years, said she had never had a warning “quite as dramatic as this”. She got the civil defence warning on her phone and just grabbed her dog and phone and drove to higher ground.