Health
‘I’m traumatised’: Doctor apologises after teenager’s hospital death – Sydney Morning Herald
A doctor has made a tearful apology to the family of a teenager who died an excruciating death after he was turned away three times from a NSW hospital.
On Tuesday the inquest was told only one doctor covered the 80-bed hospital overnight, juggling the demands of patients in the wards with a busy emergency department.
Some residents of the far western NSW town would turn up to emergency in the middle of the night over minor ailments because they were unable to access a GP during business hours, the inquest heard.
Deputy State Coroner Magistrate Elizabeth Ryan is investigating why vital signs werent taken on the first three occasions Alex presented…
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