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The father of a teenager who died in a suspected suicide at Palmerston North Hospital's mental health ward is disappointed to learn staff had been sending warnings to hospital management about the unit. They are contained in internal emails obtained by RNZ. Our reporter Jimmy Ellingham has the story.
The father of a 19-year-old patient who died in a suspected suicide at Palmerston North Hospital's mental health ward is worried that a replacement facility will not open for more than two years.
A senior health official has confirmed a new mental health ward at Palmerston North Hospital will not open for at least another two years and with no extra beds.
The death of a Palmerston North Hospital patient, whose body was found metres from the building six days after he disappeared, has been ruled a suicide.
The chief ombudsman says the mental health ward at Palmerston North Hospital is one of the worst in New Zealand and not fit for purpose.