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Health watchdog finds Health NZ breached code over failed ICU transfer

From NZ Herald · () English

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  • New Zealand’s Health and Disability Commissioner found Health NZ breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights over a failed ICU transfer.
  • The man’s transfer from Wairarapa Hospital to Wellington Hospital’s ICU was denied because the unit was full, and he later reached intensive care with failing organs.

A man whose transfer from Wairarapa Hospital to Wellington Hospital’s intensive care unit was denied because the unit was full later arrived with failing organs and ended up in palliative care.

The man first went to his GP with severe abdominal pain after collapsing at work on January 25, 2022. He was transferred to Wairarapa Hospital, but his pain worsened over the following two days.

An attempt to move him to Wellington Hospital’s ICU was refused because no bed was available. By the time he reached intensive care, his organs were failing. The Health and Disability Commissioner found that Health NZ had breached the Code over the failure.

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