Te Whatu Ora in breach of code for failing to provide HIV medication

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Te Whatu Ora in breach of code for failing to provide HIV medication

Stephen Forbes

Stephen Forbes

HIV blood test [Thomas Faull on iStock]
Deputy health and disability commissioner Vanessa Caldwell said Te Whatu Ora failed to provide a Tairāwhiti man with appropriate care after he requested HIV PEP medication [Image: Thomas Faull on iStock]
The man told the HDC that he felt humiliated, and the ED nurse was rude, unprofessional and spoke to him in an impatient tone Te Whatu Ora Tairāw