'Lightest I’d ever been': Coeliac stroke victim served hospital gluten 'slop'

Eva de JongMultimedia journalist·NZ Herald·3 Jul, 2026 05:00 PM5 mins to read‌Adele Blake, a 20-year-old AUT nursing student, was hospitalised after a stroke.

Blake, who has coeliac disease, found the hospital food did not cater for her condition.A young woman admitted to Waitākere Hospital after a stroke says she was repeatedly served gluten meals despite explaining to staff she has coeliac disease.

Auckland University of Technology (AUT) nursing student Adele Blake, aged 20, told the Weekend Herald she was raising the alarm about the state of New

'Lightest I’d ever been': Coeliac stroke victim served hospital gluten 'slop'

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