2 Apr 2025

Misidentified 11-year-old injected with drugs rarely given to children

From Checkpoint, 4:45 pm on 2 April 2025

The Waikato 11-year-old mistakenly treated as an adult mental health patient was restrained and twice injected with a drug rarely given to children.

More details have emerged as Health NZ releases its rapid review into the incident where the autistic girl was wrongly identified as a 20 year old last month.

The health agency says it is creating an action plan to stop it happening again.

Rowan Quinn reports.