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Internal probe reveals fatal delays in care for pregnant woman and stillborn child

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An internal investigation has confirmed that a heavily pregnant woman in her 20s and her stillborn child died due to delayed admission to Palmerston North Hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU) in February 2022.

The woman, whose identity is protected by a coroner’s order, showed signs of severe sepsis upon her early morning arrival but was not admitted to the ICU until the evening. Despite the clear indication of her critical condition, the delay proved fatal, and she passed away later that night.

Health New Zealand eventually released a summary of its internal report to state media today highlighting multiple failures in diagnosis, treatment, and documentation.

The report identifies significant delays in diagnosing sepsis, identifying the infection source, and initiating treatment. There were also numerous gaps in documentation, communication, cultural responsiveness, and fetal monitoring.

Recommendations include revising escalation pathways for deteriorating patients, refresher training for structured communication, proper documentation of maternal observations, and familiarization with fetal surveillance guidelines. Additionally, the report suggests reviewing perimortal caesarean procedures and ensuring prompt availability of surgical equipment.

However, state media’s further inquiries into the implementation of these recommendations received limited responses, citing the ongoing coroner’s case.

The incident has also exposed underlying issues at Palmerston North Hospital, including concerns about staff intimidation and bullying within the ICU. A post-incident report indicated a “siege mentality” among doctors, who feared raising concerns and faced obstacles in patient transfers between departments. Despite planned refurbishments and staffing improvements for the ICU, progress has been slow, with no definitive timeline for completing the new acute services block. This case is now under investigation by both the Health and Disability Commissioner and Coroner Meenal Duggal.

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  1. We know the link between the zionist death shots and dead babies now.
    When you search you just find the same “fact checkers” debunking the fact from 3 years ago and a whole raft of fudge.
    We know now. We all know those who are ill or have died.
    We always knew injecting babies was fatal.
    Ardern wanted more dead babies….. For zion…
    They love aborting the babies of Christian women especially.
    More babies will die while the midwives chant “antivax” in unison then off to collect their sheckles.
    I now have ZERO TRUST IN ANY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT WHATSOEVER. PAID ZIONIST LIARS AND PEDDLERS OF DEATH.

    • I agree Rupert, so much for ‘Be Kind” but we knew that was all fake to cover the truth.
      Preach the exact opposite of what you do, most people will fall for that, the others you can easily dismiss.

      • I feel ruptured when my now cancerous friend dismisses my concern because the globalist serpent s*** ardern psyopped her into believing that anything exposing the negative effects of their experiment is “antivax bs” and so am I.
        Sickening that this zionist prostitute and her sheepdogs foistered this known fatal shot onto pregnant mothers and adamantly defended their unfounded lies that it was safe.
        Now we see the same sheepdogs covering each others backs in denial of what is totally obvious.
        Mass murder. Pre meditated. Highly coordinated and well funded.
        Then this serpent whore gets paid her sheckles for her services.
        Vomitous.
        I will never rest until these treasonous zionist cult murderers are deleted and the entire climate fraud is peeled out of every single council and govt regulation and policy.
        It is time to drop these demons.

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