83-Year-Old Woman Dies After Fall From Stretcher at Whangārei Hospital

83-year-old woman dies after fall from stretcher at Whangārei Hospital

By Anna Sargent of RNZ A woman died after being dropped from a hospital stretcher at Whangārei Hospital, a coroner has found. Margaret Batten, 83, suffered a...

Woman died after fall from stretcher at hospital

By Anna Sargent of RNZ A woman died after being dropped from a hospital stretcher at Whangārei Hospital, a coroner has found.

‘Tragically taken’: Woman died after being dropped from stretcher outside hospital

Four separate investigations found a series of preventable errors contributed to her death.

Fatal stretcher fall during hospital discharge prompts safety changes

Stock photo. An 83-year-old woman died after suffering a head injury when she fell from a hospital stretcher during her discharge from Whangārei Hospital, with a coroner finding the incident was caused by a loss of control during patient transfer. The fall occurred in the ambulance loading bay as the stretcher was being moved down a ramp and tipped onto the concrete floor, resulting in a fatal traumatic brain injury later that day. The coroner c…