18 Jan 2023

ICU patient's mother unhappy Mongrel Mob members skipped masks

From Morning Report, 7:08 am on 18 January 2023

The mother of a teenage cancer patient says unmasked Mongrel Mob members in Christchurch Hospital's intensive care unit put her son at risk.  

Anne-Maree Thomas says no one seemed willing to ask the gang members to put on a mask.

It happened during the same two-week period leading up to Christmas when the gang members blocked off public hospital carparks. 

Te Whatu Ora Waitaha says it's policy for all hospital visitors to wear a medical paper face mask. 

Niva Chittock reports.