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SAhospital2011-11-03

Coroner's Finding: BALLARD Margaret Dawn

76y · Female·aspiration of gastro-intestinal contents as a result of small bowel obstruction …

…diarrhoea and vomiting, and discharged her after 4 hours. However, the patient had actually suffered small bowel torsion causing obstruction, not gastroenteritis. She was not admitted for observation despite the severit…

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NSWhospital2016-12-22

Inquest into the death of Shona Hookey

29y · Female·peritonitis caused by ischaemia of the bowel due to gastrointestinal torsion (tw…

…ear-old Aboriginal woman with severe intellectual disability and aphasia, died of peritonitis secondary to bowel torsion. Critical failures occurred at multiple levels: carers at her group home delayed calling an ambula…

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