Three patients died at a psychiatric hospital
March 20, 2008 11:20 am Hospital, News
Three die at psychiatric hospital
TVNZ – New Zealand
An unprecedented series of events is how Canterbury District Health Board is describing three unexpected deaths at one of its mental health units.
The deaths have prompted a review into the service provided at Hillmorton Hospital’s Acute Adult Inpatient Service in Christchurch.
The DHB’s chief of psychiatry, Associate Professor Phil Brinded, says the deaths are a tragedy for the patients, their families and staff who cared for them.
He says the DHB is particularly concerned about the deaths because they happened in a very short space of time.
The first death happened a few weeks ago and the other two were within the last 10 days.
Brinded says the review will cover admission, assessment and treatment of people entering the facility.
How long that will take is yet to be determined.
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