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Major failures led to autistic 11-year-old being sedated in adult ward, two reports find
The girl was mistaken for an adult and restrained and injected with drugs at a Waikato Hospital mental health unit, and her family says it's had a "lasting and traumatic impact".
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What happenedThe girl was mistaken for an adult and restrained and injected with drugs at a Waikato Hospital mental health unit, and her family says it's had a "lasting and traumatic impact".
The headline splitThe left frames it as "‘Serious mistakes’: How 11-year-old autistic girl was mistaken for an adult and drugged i...". The center frames it as "Major failures led to autistic 11-year-old being sedated in adult ward, two reports find".
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Left / center-left‘Serious mistakes’: How 11-year-old autistic girl was mistaken for an adult and drugged in psych ward
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CenterMajor failures led to autistic 11-year-old being sedated in adult ward, two reports find
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Major failures led to autistic 11-year-old being sedated in adult ward, two reports find
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The girl was mistaken for an adult and restrained and injected with drugs at a Waikato Hospital mental health unit, and her family says it's had a "lasting and traumatic impact".
‘Serious mistakes’: How 11-year-old autistic girl was mistaken for an adult and drugged in psych ward
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The 11-year-old non-verbal autistic girl was mistaken for a 20-year-old mental health patient and admitted to an adult psychiatric ward at Waikato Hospital.