4:40 pm today

Lake Alice survivor waiting for heart operation

From Checkpoint, 4:40 pm today

For the past 17 days, a survivor of Lake Alice's notorious child and adolescent unit's been stuck in life-threatening limbo, waiting for a heart operation. Malcolm Richards is in hospital in Hastings, in need of a transfer to Wellington for a triple bypass. And the hold up's proving stressful, bringing back memories of Lake Alice, and prompting frustration about the continued wait for compensation. Jimmy Ellingham reports