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Dementia patient's treatment "barbaric"

Article in The Nelson Mail dated September 1, 2008 regarding the treatment of Colleen De Valera by two Nelson hospitals.

 

 

"Our Appalling Record - New Zealand languishes near the bottom of OECD figures for stroke mortality rates"

Another article with Colleen De Valera's story by Sarah Barnett appeared in The Listener, July 12-18 2008, Vol 214 No 3557.

 

 

Woman fights to save her mother

TV3 News flew out to Nelson with a film crew to do this story on Colleen De Valera.  They wrote an article on their website and aired the TV story on a primetime evening news show.  Click Here for the video.


 

Other Related Articles

Missing file proved fatal

The family of a Brightwater woman who died after Nelson Hospital mislaid crucial medical notes has described the health board's response as "highly evasive".

 

Nelson Hospital privacy blunder

Nelson Hospital has made another embarrassing botch-up, sending two patients each other's private information.  What makes the new case worse is that one of the patients is the mother of the woman from Brightwater who died last year after a medical notes filing mistake by the hospital's staff.


 

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