A lawyer is calling for bigger payouts for people with medical misadventure claims
A lawyer is calling for bigger payouts for people with medical misadventure claims
6 January 2020
That's despite ACC running up a bill of more than a billion dollars for medical mistakes over the past 10 years.
ACC Specialist John Miller says in New Zealand, patients don't have the right to sue doctors if they are injured during a procedure.
He says there needs to be a better compensation scheme.
He says ACC is inexpensive and efficient - but it needs to be more fair.
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