Comments on: 36,000 new brain injuries each year, “epidemic proportions” http://community.scoop.co.nz/2012/11/36000-new-brain-injuries-each-year-epidemic-proportions/ Scoop Community Blog Thu, 16 May 2013 08:05:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: BDBinc http://community.scoop.co.nz/2012/11/36000-new-brain-injuries-each-year-epidemic-proportions/#comment-32900 BDBinc Thu, 22 Nov 2012 02:41:02 +0000 http://community.scoop.co.nz/?p=22019#comment-32900 Thanks for the snapshot Valery, things in Waikato certainly look grim for people suffering a TBI .

I personally doubt the figure for govt spending as a lot of these TBI patients get absolutely nothing( no medical treatment) and end up homeless, in a halfway home or in jail.
Which ends up costing more than initial medical treatment would’ve cost..
There are also numerous cases of misdiagnosis of TBI, (they are always downgraded for insurance purposes), which means the patient does not get their needs met .

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