Revelations Hamilton ED staff said an unidentified patient looked like a child - before the 11-year-old was treated as an adult mental health patient
Revelations Hamilton ED staff said an unidentified patient looked like a child - before the 11-year-old was treated as an adult mental health patient
2 April 2025
Health New Zealand has released a review and recommendations into the girl with autism - being admitted and administered an adult anti-psychotic drug.
Chief Clinical Officer, Richard Sullivan says a later team was told the girl was a missing woman, in her 20s.
Sullivan says staff acted off the best information they had, and the report found unfortunately, there was no other means to identify her.
A national policy on unidentified patients has been recommended.
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