Toddler dies after GP used morphine for circumcision sedation: coroner

David Flynn, aged two, never woke up after being sedated with morphine.

A GP has been referred to AHPRA over the death of a toddler after he used morphine to sedate the child for an elective circumcision.

David Flynn never woke up following the procedure at a Perth general practice in December 2021, after being discharged while still “deeply sedated”.

An inquest was told that CCTV footage had captured the two-year-old’s mother carrying him to their car after leaving.

“[The GP] told Mrs Flynn that David would fall deeply asleep in the car and should wake up in about 2-3 hours,” the coroner wrote.

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