Iwi boards call for independent advocacy after autistic 11-year-old mistakenly sedated (opens original article in a new tab)

Three Iwi Māori Partnership Boards are advocating for independent support for whānau following an 11-year-old autistic child's mistaken sedation at Waikato Hospital, citing systemic failures in identification and treatment processes.

• Three Iwi Māori Partnership Boards called for independent advocacy after an 11-year-old autistic child was mistakenly sedated.
• The incident involved the child being mistaken for a 20-year-old, restrained, and injected with sedatives at Waikato Hospital.
• Health NZ accepted recommendations from reports and established a restraint governance group to improve practices.