Health Investigations – Waitaki District Health Service Limited, a doctor and two nurses breached the Code following the death of a baby with meningococcal septicaemia 20HDC00826

Source: Health and Disability Commissioner Waitaki District Health Service Limited (WDHSL), a doctor and two nurses breached the Code of Health & Disability Services Consumer’s Rights (the Code) following the death of a baby with meningococcal septicaemia. The baby arrived at Oamaru Hospital, a rural hospital, with vomiting and fever. He was triaged by two registered …MIL OSI