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Waikato Hospital secret review of cardiac surgery: Bosses warned of under-staffing, bullying at all levels
12 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Waikato DHB tried to keep the highly critical review report secret.
Nicholas Jones is an investigative reporter at the New Zealand Herald nicholas.jones@nzherald.co.nz@nickjonesnzer
Heart surgery services at a major hospital were dysfunctional, grossly understaffed and pervaded by bullying, which put the care of patients at risk, according to a scathing review obtained by the Herald. The Waikato District Health Board commissioned an external review of cardiac surgery services in 2018. A team of Australian experts conducted the inquiry and found a broken system with a raft of problems that contributed to concerning outcomes for patients , their report said.
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