The Queensland government will pay more than $2.2m to families of 97 patients of the hospital’s audiology unit
Thu 9 Nov 2023 01.18 AEDT
Townsville University hospital’s audiology unit programmed cochlear implants in some children incorrectly, misdiagnosed others, and even conducted hearing tests on an infant who was asleep, a damning independent review has found.
The clinic was poorly organised, staff were overworked, and key protocols “did not appear to be followed, leading to…
