Couple use wheelchair to steal patients' food at hospital

A couple used a wheelchair and blanket to steal patients' food from unattended food trolleys and fridges at Waikato Hospital in New Zealand.

The European woman with sandy, longish hair sat in the wheelchair pushed by a Maori male and stashed sandwiches and plates of food on her knees covering them with a blanket to evade detection, hospital spokeswoman Mary Anne Gill said.



When challenged by kitchen staff delivering the food about 6.15pm, the couple - aged in their 30s - fled leaving behind the wheelchair and remains of the food.

A patient in the cardiac care unit earlier reported some of her food was missing from the ward fridge.

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