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HDC finds Waikato surgeon breached code after wrong-level spine surgery

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HDC finds Waikato surgeon breached code after wrong-level spine surgery
NZ Herald
NZ Herald26 mins ago
HDC finds Waikato surgeon breached code after wrong-level spine surgery
The surgeon breached the code after operating one spinal level too high.
Stuff
Stuff🏁 first to report20 hrs ago
Patient left paralysed after surgeon operated on wrong part of spine
A neurosurgeon unknowingly operated on the wrong level of a patient’s spine during surgery at Waikato Hospital.
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