The family of a man who died at a Sydney hospital claims they were lied to about crucial medical notes being destroyed, only for the files to be found during a coronial inquiry. The family had been seeking the files for two-and-a-half years to investigate the cause of his death.
The family of a man who died as a result of catastrophic errors at a Sydney hospital say they were lied to about crucial medical notes being destroyed as they probed the cause of his death after the files “embarrassingly” turned up during a coronial inquiry.after his breathing tube became dislodged, following a car accident in the NSW Riverina. At the time of his death in 2020, Adam had stabilised, and his family had been told he was expected to be sitting up within days.
St George Hospital director of medical services Heidi Boss also made admissions to the court. “We let the family down around that communication early on,” she said.Adam’s sister Amanda, a paramedic, and his mother Philippa, a veterinarian, “knew something wasn’t right when he died, we felt it with our medical backgrounds”, Philippa said. The family was initially told Adam’s death was unavoidable because the breathing tube had become blocked.
On Tuesday, the coroner will hand down his findings, with counsel assisting recommending he find that the inaction of staff at the hospital, when a number of doctors were equipped with the skills to save Adam’s life, resulted in his death. One such expert, Professor Casten Palme, director of head and neck surgery at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, described Adam’s case as “very sad and tragic” and told the inquest that NSW’s public health system lacked “consistent education and training”.
She questioned whether the coroner could carry out a comprehensive investigation, given Adam did not undergo an autopsy.
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