Auckland City Hospital patients wrongly told they had STIs

Friday 13 June 2025 · 4 outlets · 3 reports · updated Fri 13 Jun 2025, 8:33am

Health New Zealand has apologised after 25 patients at Auckland City Hospital were incorrectly told they had a sexually transmitted infection. The error involved false positive results from an internal laboratory between 23 May and 4 June. Six patients remain unaware that the results were a mistake.

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1. RNZFri 13 Jun 2025, 5:36am

   Auckland hospital patients wrongly told they had sexually transmitted infections (opens in new tab)

   Also on NZ Herald (opens in new tab)

2. 1NewsFri 13 Jun 2025, 7:48am

   Twenty-five patients incorrectly told they had STI (opens in new tab)

3. Otago Daily TimesFri 13 Jun 2025, 8:33am

   Hospital patients wrongly told they had sexually transmitted infections (opens in new tab)