Total number of misdiagnosed patients resulting in there death
Elise made this Official Information request to Canterbury District Health Board
The request was refused by Canterbury District Health Board.
From: Elise
Dear Canterbury District Health Board, i would like to know how many patients in the last 15 years have been misdiagnosed resulting in there death ? Or other wise had been prevented with with better medical advice from this hospital in particular
Yours faithfully,
Elizabeth ham
New zealand citizen
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From: Kathleen Smitheram
Canterbury District Health Board
Kind regards
Kathleen Smitheram
Canterbury District Health Board
Project Facilitator, Planning and Funding
Princess Margaret Hospital
Cashmere Road
PO Box 1600
Christchurch 8140
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From: Kathleen Smitheram
Canterbury District Health Board
Kind regards
Kathleen Smitheram
Canterbury District Health Board
Project Facilitator, Planning and Funding
Princess Margaret Hospital
Cashmere Road
PO Box 1600
Christchurch 8140
(DDI (03) 364 4134| 6: 03 364 4165 | *[email address];
[1]cid:image001.gif@01CB6601.69D5A280 Values – A matou uara
Care and respect for others -
Manaaki me te kotua I etahi
Integrity in all we do - Hapai i
a matou mahi katoa i ruka i te
pono
Responsibility for outcomes -
Kaiwhakarite i ka hua
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From: Elise
Dear Kathleen Smitheram,
I find your response a load of lazybones!! Palmerston north hospital answered this seems odd you would rather put this in the "to hard basket" we as public are aloud to know this its not the ombudsmans job !!
Yours sincerely,
Elise
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Matthew Whitehead left an annotation ()
You should probably consider following up with a request as to why this information is not collated in any centralised fashion and how the DHB keep track of the overall levels of misdiagnosis to ensure that they're acceptable, or whether they merely evaluate on a case-by-case basis. Even if they can't provide you with the actual level, they still have to answer any further queries you have about their record keeping. If they have a reasonable explanation for why they don't keep records that way, great. If not, well, that gives you something to bring to the attention of the relevant MPs and/or the media.
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