Coroner blasts VAD after patient’s spouse took lethal drugs instead
The suicide death of a Queenslander who took assisted dying drugs intended for their spouse has “fatally exposed” the state’s voluntary euthanasia laws, a coroner…
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‘Health policy failure’: Coroner says baby who was ineligible for Medicare fell through the cracks
A newborn who died from malnutrition complications was ineligible for a Medicare-funded domiciliary review through the hospital where she was born and fell through the…
‘Incredibly rare’ anaesthetic adverse effect blamed for patient’s death
This article has been updated. The original headline referred to a topical anaesthetic, which was incorrect. AusDoc apologises for the error. A 51-year-old died from…
‘I would do anything to have made different decisions’: junior doctor on toddler’s sepsis death
Two doctors who treated a toddler who died of sepsis have told an inquest that they wish they had acted differently. Dr Christopher Morris was…
Hospital executive ‘repeatedly’ certified deaths outside the law, says inquiry into falsified certificates
Some 29 patient deaths at Launceston General Hospital will be referred to the coroner after a review concluded a former hospital executive repeatedly signed death…
‘Cavalier rather than caring’: Judge rejects doctor’s appeal against damning inquest findings
Warning to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers: This story contains references to a deceased person. A doctor has lost his appeal against a coroner’s findings…
Patient’s death could have been prevented if doctor used pneumonia risk tool: coroner
A woman with community-acquired pneumonia may not have died if a GP locum had calculated her risk of ICU admission or death when she presented…
Another 63 hospital deaths under review following cover-up claims against former clinical director
Investigators will examine another 63 cases involving an alleged cover-up of deaths at Launceston General Hospital by its medical boss. A review is already underway…
GP practice error in recording a child’s weight may have resulted in his death 17 years later: UK coroner
Alex Reid died in 2021 from COVID-19 vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis. It was just six weeks after his second dose of…
Coroner says all GPs should be subject to compulsory family violence training
A coroner has criticised the RACGP for failing to mandate its six-hour family violence CPD program after a patient who had told her GP that…
