Hastings Doctor Jailed For Drugging, Indecently Assaulting Patients. And There’s a “Concerning Shortage” of Senior Doctors in Hawke’s Bay

A GP was drugging and sexually abusing his patients. Why didn’t health centre staff go to the police?

Is New Zealand Third World? “Cost-cutting surgeons are using hardware tools in our hospitals” Just Like Moldova

New Zealand’s health service has got a lot in common with Moldova’s

Third World NZ – 2,500 School Children Exposed to Hepatitis Risk at Dental Clinic. Delay in Notification Because it was not “Deemed Urgent”

New Zealand’s status as a developing country was confirmed today with the news that 2,500 school children were exposed to cross contamination risks at the Pukekohe Intermediate School dental clinic in South Auckland: Incredibly, an equipment malfunction had gone un-noticed for over four months, according to a report on NewsHub.co.nz: Children exposed to unsterilised water…

“Our Health System needs Life Support” – Otago/Southland DHB loses full accreditation to train doctors

“Our Health System needs Life Support”is the title of a thread today on Trademe.co.nz. Here’s what caused it The DHB, which covers Otago and Southland, has lost its full accreditation to train doctors and has only been given interim approval. From 30 November, the annual intake of new doctors, fresh from medical school, will begin…

‘Illogical’ Pharmacist Gave Woman Heart Pills Instead of Anti-Depressants

Another botch-up by a New Zealand pharmacist has left a woman sick, depressed and fatigued after she was given the wrong medication. In a recently released report the Health and Disability Commissioner found that the (unnamed) pharmacist failed in his care for the woman. In June 2014, the woman went to her doctor for a…