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• Health Commissioner Rules Against Beauty Clinic After Inexperienced Staffer Causes Severe Laser Burns with Incorrect Equipment Settings

  Published: Apr 21, 2026

  Section: Medical News

  The Health and Disability Commissioner has found a beauty clinician in breach of care standards after a woman suffered significant burns to her legs during a laser hair removal ses...

• Systemic Failures at Waikato Hospital Lead to Fatal Misdiagnosis of Elderly Man

  Published: Apr 13, 2026

  Section: Medical News

  A damning report by Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Dr. Vanessa Caldwell has highlighted "systemic failures" at Waikato Hospital after an 82-year-old man died following a...