The mother of a teenage cancer patient says unmasked Mongrel Mob members in Christchurch Hospital's intensive care unit put her son at risk.
Anne-Maree Thomas says no one seemed willing to ask the gang members to put on a mask.
It happened during the same two-week period leading up to Christmas when the gang members blocked off public hospital carparks.
Te Whatu Ora Waitaha says it's policy for all hospital visitors to wear a medical paper face mask.
Niva Chittock reports.