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Inquest into Alex Braes’s death hears ‘small’ chance teen could have been saved at Broken Hill Hospital – ABC News
An inquest into the death of Broken Hill teenager Alex Braes hears he may have died from invasive Grade A Streptococcus from an ingrown toenail, which can be fast…

An inquest into the death of teenager Alex Braes has heard the chance his life could have been saved at Broken Hill Hospital was “small”.
- Alex Braes presented to hospital with moderate knee pain
- Experts cannot agree on an exact cause of death
- But may have died from an infection from an ingrown toenail
The 18-year-old TAFE student died at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney on September 22, 2017, after being transferred from the local hospital.
Mr Braes’s death was featured in a Four Corners…
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