Lysa Waka Tunidau, 52, was on a bus home from work and was a few meters from her home on Cheyenne Street in Sockburn, which was allegedly attacked around 4:20 pm on Saturday. ..
Dr. Peter Bramley, Chief Executive Officer of the Canterbury District Health Commission, said a 37-year-old man accused of her murder was a patient with DHB’s professional mental health service at Hill Morton Hospital during a community vacation. I confirmed that.
Other media reported that some staff had resigned from the hospital since the incident.
However, according to a statement by Jo Domigan, Interim Chief Human Resources Officer of Te Whatu Ora-Waitaha Canterbury, who replaced CDHB, he has not resigned from forensic mental health services since the incident.
“We work with all affected staff and provide support,” she said.
After the incident, a full review was initiated by the DHB boss.
CDHB announced that it is conducting a review after a few days of questions about how a 37-year-old man was allowed to enter the community.
Tunidau’s 11-year-old son was reportedly “traumatic” because he saw an ambulance crew trying to save a woman outside his family’s house and did not know it was his mother. It was left as it was.
On Monday, a man charged with Tudau’s murder appeared in court and was detained.
The judge ordered a report to assess the mental health of men.
However, there are unanswered questions about how men were released from the mental health unit.
Christchurch-based MP Jerry Brownlee said the review needed to clarify where the failure was.
Brownlee said someone had decided to release the man, despite his dangerous circumstances.
-By Devon Bolger