Midnight machete attack at Wairarapa Hospital ED leaves man with severe head laceration and skull fracture, concerns over security
An employee at the hospital, who the Herald has agreed not to name, said a man entered the ED about 11pm on Saturday.
He allegedly approached the receptionist and asked where his “wife” was being treated. When told, the man entered a cubicle, pulled a machete out from his hoodie and struck another man who was accompanying the female patient in the head.
“There was a lot of blood - as with all head wounds - [on the] walls, floor [and] hallway,” the employee said.
The female patient and a junior doctor allegedly disarmed the man after the attack. The assailant then stood with his hands behind his back and surrendered to police when they arrived.
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