His GP told
Stuff, three months ahead of his first operation, that severe osteoarthritis in his hips were causing him considerable pain and disability and she “would have hoped he would have had his surgery by now” as his condition was deteriorating. And the Nationwide Health and Disability Advocacy Service wrote to the SDHB about the same time, saying Stark had experienced two delays in receiving surgery and his extreme pain had significantly affected his life. Having finally received the second of his two surgeries six months ago, the Riversdale man is now without pain, has lost 25kgs since getting mobile, and can do “everything”.