The Health and Disability Commissioner says until oncology workforces are brought up to a viable level there's no guarantee patients will be treated within "appropriate timeframes".
The Health and Disability Commissioner says until oncology workforces are brought up to a viable level there's no guarantee patients will be treated within "appropriate timeframes".
An instrument, used to hold open surgical wounds, was left inside the abdomen of a woman in New Zealand after she underwent a caesarean section at a hospital. The retractor was not removed until 18 months after her delivery.
A New Zealand woman who gave birth by cesarean section in 2020 lived for 18 months with a surgical device "about the size of a dinner plate" concealed in her abdomen,.