Photo: RNZA diabetic patient collapsed and died in a Waikato Hospital stairwell after a delay getting urgently needed food. The Health and Disability Commission has just released a report severely critical of the care the man received in December 2019. Waikato Hospital now makes sure the ward fridges are always stocked with snacks for diabetics. When his wife brought the man to the ED she had his medicine, his diabetic kit and his diabetic record book. The hospital did not answer RNZ's questions about how well staff the ward was on the night the man died.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 09, 2026 02:13 UTC