Kiwi Ombudsman investigates mental health patient's restraint in solitary confinement...
A mentally ill patient held in restraints and kept in solitary confinement for almost six years is one of several disturbing cases of possibly inhumane treatment the country's Ombudsmen have uncovered in New Zealand detention facilities.
The public watchdogs found the patient in virtually constant "seclusion" - solitary confinement in a bare room - at the mental health unit of a district health board.
Chief Ombudsman Beverley Wakem would not name the board last night, but said it claimed the detention and use of restraints was required because the patient was likely to attack other patients and staff.
But Ms Wakem said that after her office became involved, the patient was moved to a more suitable facility.
"Why nobody thought to look at that and make that assessment before we arrived on the scene is a cause for concern," she told the Herald.
The patient was one example of "potential cruel and inhumane treatment" the Ombudsmen identified during the investigation.
The investigation also found a young intellectually disabled patient being kept in unwarranted and lengthy "seclusion", and another mental health patient who had been kept without any consent for years
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