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An elderly man who lay in bed with a broken neck made countless complaints to hospital staff that he was in agony before dying two days later.
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The Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner has found Bay of Plenty District Health Board (now Te Whatu Ora Hauora a Toi Bay of Plenty) breached the Code of Health and Disability Service Consumers’ Rights (the Code) in its care of an older man. Ms .