Routine surgery ends in fatal failures in the NT

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A Northern Territory coroner has found a “catastrophic chain of failures” in post-anaesthetic care at Royal Darwin Hospital contributed to the death of an Indigenous woman after surgery for a minor infection.


A Northern Territory coroner has found a “catastrophic chain of failures” in post-anaesthetic care at Royal Darwin Hospital contributed to the death of an Indigenous woman after surgery for a minor infection.

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