West Coast District Health Board
Te Poari Hauora a Rohe o Tai Poutini
Corporate Office
Telephone 03 768 0499
High Street, Greymouth
Fax 03 768 2791
4 June 2020
Nigel Gray
Email
: [FYI request #12827 email];
Dear Mr Gray
RE Official information request WCDHB 9429
We refer to your email dated 11 May 2020 to the Ministry of Health which they have subsequently
partially transferred to us on 21 May 2020 requesting the following information from West Coast DHB
under the Official Information Act. Specifically question 1 below.
1. Given that Electroconvulsive Treatment has been used as a method of torture historically in New
Zealand, can you please inform me of the precise number of these devices in NZ hospitals in present
time?
The West Coast DHB does not have any Electroconvulsive Treatment (ECT) devices in its hospitals or
facilities.
I trust that this satisfies your interest in this matter.
Please note that this response, or an edited version of this response, may be published on the West
Coast DHB website after your receipt of this response.
Yours sincerely
Carolyn Gullery
Executive Director
Planning, Funding & Decision Support