Family left devastated after body of respected Gangalidda elder S Douglas discovered at Doomadgee hospital after funeral
The family of Douglas, who was one of the oldest elders in his community, now planned to hold a second funeral.In a report released in June, the Queensland coronerfor the avoidable deaths of three Aboriginal young people who had presented to the hospital with rheumatic heart disease.
Yvette Booth was repeatedly given Panadol before she died, despite a doctor’s recommendation the teenager be given weekly checkups and urgent surgery for her diagnosed condition.Yanner said the community had lost faith in the hospital and many choose to travel more than an hour to Burketown for healthcare instead.“After all those deaths – clearly preventable – people should have not only been sacked or removed from the hospital, they should be sacked from the health service.
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