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The wife of a 79-year-old patient who died after going missing from a ward for nearly an hour at Waikato Hospital has voiced ongoing concerns about staffing levels and staff experience.
New Zealand's Health Minister announced that a new 28-bed ward at Waikato Hospital, originally scheduled for completion this year, will now not be ready until 2027.
A patient was found unresponsive in a toilet at Waikato Hospital's emergency department after a nine-hour wait, leading to their death. A rapid review has been ordered into the incident.
An 82-year-old man died the day after being discharged from Waikato Hospital, where a junior doctor misdiagnosed his abdominal aneurysm as a hip sprain.
Hospitals in New Zealand's Waikato region are experiencing a significant IT outage, forcing them to revert to paper-based systems for patient care. Experts suggest years of under-investment in IT infrastructure are to blame, though the exact cause of the current disruption remains unclear.
A man found unconscious in a toilet at Waikato Hospital's emergency department died, with witnesses describing a chaotic scene as staff attempted resuscitation.
Two reports have found major failures led to an 11-year-old autistic girl being mistaken for an adult, restrained, and injected with drugs in a Waikato Hospital mental health unit, causing lasting trauma to her family.
He walked past seven staff, but a search did not begin for nearly an hour, with CCTV showing him at the snack machine before being found unconscious.
A rapid clinical review has determined that a man's death in the Waikato Hospital Emergency Department was an 'acute unexpected incident,' prompting new national guidelines and improved signage.
A rapid review is underway following the death of a patient at Waikato Hospital's Emergency Department. The patient was found unconscious after being triaged, and resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful.
Researchers have found that some Asian patients with limited English proficiency at Waikato Hospital are not receiving adequate language support prior to consenting to surgery.