Doctor cleared of claims he coerced registrar to alter morgue death certificate
Allegations were made after concerns were raised a man may have been alive when transferred to a WA hospital morgue
An investigation has found no evidence a senior doctor tried to coerce a registrar to backdate a death certificate, after he raised concerns a man may have been alive when transferred to a hospital morgue.
Palliative care patient Kevin Reid, 55, died in Rockingham General Hospital, south of Perth.
He was transferred to the hospital morgue on 5 September last year, before a formal death certificate examination, according to a WA Corruption and Crime Commission inquiry report tabled in the WA Parliament.
The following morning the registrar was asked to certify the man’s death.
