A 1996 case caused a great many ripples in the medicolegal field, after a relatively inexperienced registrar joined the staff of National Women’s Hospital in Auckland
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Kevin Allan has found a dentist in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failures in their care of a woman who needed root canal treatment
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall has found a midwife in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failing to provide a young pregnant woman with services of an appropriate standard
Private hospital Southern Cross has been recommended to take a full audit of its surgical equipment after a surgeon operated on a woman using an unsterilised drill
A Locum GP diagnosed a man with gastritis, despite knowing it did not account for all his symptoms. Two days later, he suffered a deadly heart attack.
NEW ZEALAND DOCTOR RATA AOTEAROA readers rushed to the defence of a locum who was faulted by the health and disability commissioner for her examination of a patient who died two days later of a heart attack.
Specialist GP Nikki Vadgama provides some tips to make your next paediatric eczema consult easier. She includes a review of new guidelines, resources, websites and medications for paediatric eczema management