An ant infestation at an Auckland children's hospital has forced a mother and her sick 4-month-old son to move rooms twice.
Alysha Hukatai and baby Noah Hukatai-Pare fled two rooms at Kidz First Children's Hospital after she found ants crawling on the ceiling, the walls, the bed and even across her arm.
"The last thing any parent wants is to have to worry about ants crawling along where you are meant to sleep, or possibly crawling towards where your sick child is," Hukatai said.
After being shifted out of their first hospital room because of ants, Hukatai said she found more than 20 ants marching along the windowsill of their second room before she asked to move to another block.
Counties Manukau Health confirmed the family of a patient in Kidz First had raised concerns about ants in a hospital room. "Patient comfort and care is of utmost importance to Counties Manukau Health and we immediately accommodated the family's request for a room change," a health spokesperson said.