Patient who dies after two suicide attempts failed by Southern DHB and psychiatrist

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Patient who dies after two suicide attempts failed by Southern DHB and psychiatrist

Liane
Topham-Kindley
southland, southern, cold, depression, mountains, moody
The psychiatrist did not provide services of an appropriate standard to the woman, aged in her late 60s, and there were inadequacies in the coordination of the patient’s care, attributable to the Southern DHB
A mental health patient who died a few weeks after two previous unsuccessful suicide attempts did not receive an appropriate standard of care from Sou