Cherie HowieReporter·NZ Herald·12 Jun, 2026 05:23 AM5 mins to readSophia Malthus says she was left "constantly crying out in agony" due to what she claims were delays in her treatment at Middlemore Hospital. Photo / Dean PurcellA high-profile, spinal-cord-injury advocate says she was told by a Middlemore Hospital doctor her “potentially life-threatening” condition wasn’t a medical emergency, leaving her in pain for hours with skyrocketing blood pressure in a bed drenched with blood.
Sophia Malthus, who became a quadriplegic after falling from a horse almost a
