Lake Alice survivor waiting for heart operation

Checkpoint - A podcast by RNZ - Fridays

For the past 17 days, a survivor of Lake Alice's notorious child and adolescent unit's been stuck in life-threatening limbo, waiting for a heart operation. Malcolm Richards is in hospital in Hastings, in need of a transfer to Wellington for a triple bypass. And the hold up's proving stressful, bringing back memories of Lake Alice, and prompting frustration about the continued wait for compensation. Jimmy Ellingham reports

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