New Zealand girl, 11, drugged and put on psychiatric ward in identity mix-up

Non-verbal girl, 11, bundled into car and injected with drugs in horror mix-up - The Mirror

A terrible case of mistaken identity in New Zealand led to a verbally-limited child being injected with drugs after being taken to a mental health ward by police

New Zealand girl, 11, drugged and put on psychiatric ward in identity mix-up

An 11-year-old girl was restrained, injected with anti-psychotic drugs, and placed on a mental health ward after New Zealand police mistook her for a missing woman, a report found Wednesday.

An 11-year-old girl was taken into custody by police in New Zealand and injected with antipsychotic drugs after she was mistaken for a wanted patient, local media reported. The incident has sparked widespread criticism in the country.

Girl, 11, drugged and put in mental health ward after identity muddle

An 11-year-old girl was restrained, injected with anti-psychotic drugs, and placed on a mental health ward after New Zealand police mistook her for a missing woman, a report found yesterday. Health officials and police have scrambled to explain the mix-up, which has appalled political leaders and...

The incident, reported by The Guardian, has caused outrage nationwide, and authorities are now being pressed to offer explanations.An error with grave consequencesThe child, who has difficulty communicating due to a disability, was crossing a bridge in the northern city of Hamilton when approached by police officers. They mistakenly assumed that she was a 20-year-old girl, a patient of a local hospital, who had been declared missing. As a result…

A disabled girl was taken from the street, restrained, sedated and mistakenly admitted to a psychiatric hospital in New Zealand after police mistook her for a missing woman, The Guardian reports. The family was unaware for a long time...