Dr Alex Bartle from The Sleep Well Clinic joined The Weekend Collective to discuss all things related to sleep.
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After undertaking a sleep study, the man was informed by the clinic via email that he likely had severe obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) - a disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep, characterised by loud snoring and fatigue.
However, he says the clinic failed to inform him of the possible implications of his diagnosis prior to the sleep study.
The man told Newshub he was really pissed off he wasn t informed beforehand that the NZTA could potentially be notified of his sleep disorder diagnosis if he refused to pursue treatment, or was unwilling for his GP to be informed of the diagnosis.