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Uni student's death at Palmerston North mental health ward was preventable, coroner rules

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The death of 21-year-old Erica Hume death could have been avoided if staff followed policies, a coroner says.

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Uni student's death at Palmerston North mental health ward was preventable, coroner rules

The death by suicide of a 21-year-old university student in an overcrowded mental health unit that wasn't fit for purpose was preventable, a coroner has found.

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'People didn’t do their job': Hospital failures linked to young woman’s preventable death

WARNING: This story deals with suicide and may be distressing for some people Twelve years after Erica Hume took her own life, her parents are still asking...

·Auckland, New Zealand
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NZ Herald broke the news in Auckland, New Zealand on Sunday, June 7, 2026.
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