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Despite seeking treatment on multiple occasions for a recurring ear infection, a man developed a brain abscess and died.
His death has since become the sub
Whanganui Hospital failed to adequately treat a man for an ear which eventually killed him, with one doctor assuming he was on meth, the Health and Disability Commission has found.
The impact of Māori mental wellbeing services and a community effort to prevent suicide in Whanganui, Rangitīkei and Ruapehu left a visiting minister "quite emotional".