Nathan v Accident Compensation Corporation [2022] NZACC 206 [pdf, 455 KB]
...further medical investigation was required of these “red flags” noted in the pre-admission reports. [47] Mr Darke submitted if a preoperative assessment was appropriately undertaken, surgery would not have proceeded. Mr Darke submitted this flaw in the process amounted to failure to provide treatment in terms of s 32(1)(b). In other words, an alternative treatment not to proceed with the surgery but to conduct an assessment of the medical issues upon presentation should have b...