The Southern District Health Board has been slammed for its poor treatment and care of urology patients in a new report from the Health and Disability Commissioner. The problems in urology service likely cut the life expectancy of one man who now has secondary cancer.
What is it like to be in that queue? With no idea when you might get the operation you need?
Eighty-one-year-old Dunedin man Geoff is on the list. He has an enlarged prostate and needs a small surgical procedure to unblock his urethra.
A two to eight-week wait is what he was told to expect. He was told that in July.
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