A patient has died in a toilet while waiting at Waikato Hospital’s emergency department overnight, hospital sources have told the Herald. A staff member told t…
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ffs this is so sad but not surprising. waist of a life cos hospitals are underfunded. my nan waited 12 hrs last month
for years and this is the result. How many more gotta die before something changes?
yeah nah this is cooked. 9 hour wait and nobody checked on him? fucking negligence
As someone who works in healthcare, this is what happens when you cut funding and expect miracles. Staff are run ragged.
Exactly. The staff are doing their best with what they've got. It's a system failure
tragic. where's the accountability though? someone needs to lose their job over this
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talk coming from the sidelines. You try running a hospital with no staff and no funding
yeah nah that's too simplistic. pretty sure patients still deserve basic dignity
Can't believe this happened in 2026. Healthcare is a basic human right and it's crumbling in front of us
awful news. the poor family. thinking of them right now
Watch the spin doctors come out and say 'we're reviewing procedures' while nothing actually changes. Seen it before.
right. Saw the same after the last review. Talk is cheap
why is no one talking about the nurse who found him? that's traumatic. hope they get support
^ it's heartbreaking for everyone involved. Not pointing fingers at individuals
I've worked 12 hour shifts with no meal break. This is what happens when profit is prioritised over people. bloody disgrace
Money for cycle bridges but not for hospitals. Clowns running this country
