6 Aug 2020

Dead 2yo Hineihana Mausii let down by system - coroner

From Checkpoint, 6:06 pm on 6 August 2020

Doctors say the coroner's findings into the death of Dunedin toddler Hineihana Sosefina Mausii demonstrate the need for change.

A coroner says the two-year-old was let down by a system which allowed for her to only be assessed by an inexperienced junior doctor under inadequate supervision, despite the concerns of her parents.

RNZ Otago-Southland reporter Timothy Brown has more.