Napier Emergency Update Patient Condition

Thursday, 7 May 2009, 5:05 pm
Press Release: Hawkes Bay District Health Board

May 7, 2009
As at 4.45pm

Hawke’s Bay District Health Board confirms three patients were brought into the Emergency Department following an incident in Napier earlier this morning

All three patients - two police officers and one civilian - underwent surgery for gunshot wounds and have been admitted to Hawke’s Bay Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit

At this time all three patient conditions remain listed as serious.

HBDHB will issue an update once further information comes to hand.

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