NT coroner finds staff failures, bed shortages and confusion over medications contributed to Tiwi woman’s death in Darwin hospital

NT coroner finds staff failures, bed shortages and confusion over medications contributed to Tiwi woman's death in Darwin hospital

Source: ABC News

The Northern Territory coroner has handed down her findings into the death of a Tiwi Islands woman at Royal Darwin Hospital in 2021, finding staff failures and miscommunications were among the contributing factors.

Critical understaffing, a shortage of mental health beds and miscommunication between hospital staff were among the factors that contributed to the death of a woman in an acute care ward of Darwin's largest hospital, the Northern Territory coroner ha… [5627 chars]

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