Her parents say staff shouldn’t get privacy their daughter never had.
Home / New ZealandUpdatedRNZ13 Jun, 2026 11:49 PM4 mins to readErica Hume died in a mental health ward in 2014.Erica Hume died in a mental health ward in 2014.Warning: This story discusses suicide. Helplines can be found at the bottom of the page. The parents of a 21-year-old student who died by suicide at a mental health ward are opposing a name suppression application for one of the medical professionals responsible for her care.
Erica Hume’s death
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