10 Sep 2021

Woman discharged from Middlemore without Covid-19 test result

From Checkpoint, 5:08 pm on 10 September 2021

Middlemore Hospital says a woman waiting on a Covid-19 test result was able to leave its emergency room after being deemed safe to discharge.

But after their release, the patient returned a positive result, leaving health officials scrambling to locate her.

Nick Truebridge and cameraman Nick Monro have the story.

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