Hidden report finds public hospitals failed to deliver proper care for people with disabilities

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SA's health complaints commissioner finds the state's public hospitals failed to deliver appropriate and acceptable care to patients with disabilities in a report that has been hidden from the public for two years.

In 2011, Jason fell and broke his hip and his health began to deteriorate.Dianne Badman says her son was "last on the list" for proper care.

Earlier this month, Ms Badman told ABC News it was, "very, very disappointing" the report had never been made public.Although his predecessor planned to release the full report, Commissioner Davies said he would not — claiming privacy reasons — but he has now released a summary of the report."I can think of no situation in my career as a complaints-resolution practitioner where the release of an expert opinion was appropriate or warranted," Commissioner Davies said.

 

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