He asked the anaesthetist if she could have something for her pain, but Dr N told the woman he had given her enough pain relief. The woman, "Mrs S", now a mother of two, was giving birth to her first child, a healthy son, in February 2013. By Martin JohnstonAn anaesthetist accused of doing too little to control the pain a woman felt during caesarean surgery has been cleared of misconduct. Mrs S said she told the anaesthetist the surgery was hurting but he assured her she was feeling pressure, not pain. The question was how much of this was communicated to or understood by Dr N as the anaesthetist, the decision said.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 15, 2016 08:15 UTC