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DHB criticised over communication

28/07/2009 13:12:02

The Canterbury District Health Board is being told to up its game over the way it has communicated with the family of a man who died in its care.

Soldier Clinton Botha died after what his family had been told was a routine operation, to fix a medical condition which caused him to suffer severe headaches.

The 21-year-old's family is unhappy neither they nor their son were told of the full risks of the procedure.

Labour health spokeswoman Ruth Dyson says the family has been through a terrible ordeal. She is criticising the DHB for emailing the family, rather than meeting them face to face.

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