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Outspoken magistrate David Whittle will become SA’s next state coroner when incumbent Mark Johns steps down later this year, InDaily can reveal.
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Seven prison guards will be required to give evidence at an inquest into the death of an inmate in detention despite arguing they could face criminal charges if compelled to appear.
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SA Health is warning that the overuse of laxatives can cause horrific bowel conditions – and doesn’t reduce fat – fearing the release of a coroner’s report this week may encourage anorexia sufferers to stockpile the medication.
The Coroner has found that adequate mental health services could have potentially prevented the deaths of two young Adelaide women, and described the State Government’s policy failures in the area as “scandalous”.
Former Socceroo Steve Herczeg suffered a “cruelly painful” death after an unknown person wrongly connected his urinary catheter to an oxygen supply, bursting his bladder, an inquest has found.
The State Coroner says SA Health employees compromised evidence and damaged the possibility of an inquest into the deaths of two stroke patients last month by failing to report the cases adequately.
