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Commissioner details sorry saga of patients treated by Southern DHB urology services

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Failure to follow up a rapidly rising PSA level led to delayed treatment for one man’s prostate cancer and the subsequent development of secondary cancer

A recent decision from the health and disability commissioner contained details of four cases in which patients were poorly treated by the Southern DHB urology services and sheds light on issues confronting the service. Virginia McMillan reports

His wife rang [a DHB nurse] to question why his referral had been given such a low priority given the GP’s referral, and his wife was told that the op