Patient furious about audience at gynaecological operation

Published: Dec. 21, 2020, 7:47 p.m.

An Auckland woman is furious her gynaecological operation went ahead in a theatre crowded with people she did not give permission to be there. The woman says North Shore Hospital breached her rights to give informed consent. This comes as the Medical Council is consulting over changing the guidelines to make clear patients should be asked about trainees being in any surgery.