一名新西兰验尸官警告Taranaki基地医院的急诊在一名病人因人手不足和安全失灵而死亡五年后仍然极有可能死于可预防的死亡。 A New Zealand coroner warns Taranaki Base Hospital’s ER remains at high risk of preventable deaths five years after a patient died due to inadequate staffing and safety failures.

新西兰的验尸官警告说, 塔拉纳基基医院的急诊科仍面临另一场可预防的悲剧的高风险, A New Zealand coroner has warned that Taranaki Base Hospital’s Emergency Department remains at high risk of another preventable tragedy, five years after 78-year-old Leonard Collett died from injuries sustained in a fall. 调查发现，尽管该部门当时人员配备齐全，但由于缺乏所需的跌倒风险评估、人员配备不足（全职人员短缺 15 人）以及过度拥挤，他的死亡是可以预见和预防的。 The inquest found his death was foreseeable and preventable due to a lack of a required falls risk assessment, inadequate staffing—15 full-time equivalents short—and overcrowding, despite the department being fully staffed at the time. 虽然护理人员被认为是称职的,但系统性的失败,包括不遵守安全规程和未执行的建议,依然存在。 Although nursing staff were deemed competent, systemic failures, including poor adherence to safety protocols and unimplemented recommendations, persist. 新西兰护士组织强调,不安全的条件和长期的资源不足继续危及病人,敦促政府根据病人的需要而不是根据预算采用护士与病人的比率。 The New Zealand Nurses Organisation emphasized that unsafe conditions and chronic under-resourcing continue to endanger patients, urging the government to adopt nurse-to-patient ratios based on patient need rather than budget.