New Zealand’s decaying health system
Man stuck in hospital for six months, family ‘scared he’s going to die in there’ A man with an intellectual disability is being “mistreated” in a Auckland hospital, his family say, but they can’t get him discharged because no one will fund his ongoing care. Pukekohe man Arthur Brown has been an in-patient at Middlemore Hospital for six months, after being admitted in October for a hip replacement. He has lost a significant amount of weight and can no longer walk. He is yet to…