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Broken Hill Hospital inquest commences following Alex Braes’s death from infected toenail
The inquest into the death of Broken Hill teenager Alex Braes, who died of an infected toenail four years ago, will begin today.
Key points:
- A former Broken Hill Hospital clinician says she and her colleagues raised concerns before Alex Braes died
- The inquest into Mr Braes’s 2017 death will hear from his family and medical staff over the next five days
- The NSW Ombudsman says it’s still investigating complaints made about the matter
Alex Braes, 18, died at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney on November 22, 2017 after being transferred from the local hospital.
The story of Mr Braes’s death, including the four times he presented to Broken Hill Hospital’s emergency department before vital signs observations were administered on him…
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