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Joseph Johnson/Stuff St John of God Hauora Trust was found to be in breach of the health and disability services consumers' rights code after staff failed to change a woman’s continence product, leading to her suffering burns. A severely disabled woman suffered burns and blisters on her thighs because her care facility did not have continence pads in her size, a health and disability commission investigation found. St John of God Trust was found to have breached the health and disability services consumers' rights code by failing to provide services with reasonable care and skill and in a ...

The following day, the man deteriorated and continued to complain of pain in his leg. A fax was sent to the GP for pain medication, and a second fax requested the GP review the man’s condition. However, the GP did not receive the second fax and no one at the village followed up with the GP. As a result, the GP did not attend the retirement village that day. It was not until the day after, that the GP was contacted again. The GP then reviewed the man and discovered he had not been weight-bearing for two days and diagnosed him with a fractured femur.

Rowena Jackson Retirement Village in Invercargill failed patient with broken leg 12 Apr, 2021 07:10 PM 4 minutes to read An Invercargill man spent some of his final days in significant pain with an undiagnosed broken leg because of the failings of his rest-home. Photo / 123RF An Invercargill man spent some of his final days in significant pain with an undiagnosed broken leg because of the failings of his rest-home. Photo / 123RF Otago Daily Times An Invercargill man spent some of his final days in significant pain with an undiagnosed broken leg because of the failings of his rest-home. The ma...

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.

The Canterbury District Health Board has come in for criticism over the way it handled the care of a 3-year old boy who died.