Woman had unnecessary colonoscopy after NHI mixup

7 months in Otago Daily Times

A woman was told she had to undergo a colonoscopy - but it turned out the doctor had her confused for someone else. Photo: NZME

A woman called and told she needed an urgent colonoscopy but not why underwent the invasive procedure, before learning she had been mistaken for another patient and didn’t need it at all.

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