Article: Death linked to hospital.

Jun 15, 2003 (The West Australian - ABIX via COMTEX)

A Western Australian (WA) police coronial investigator has found that a lack of resources at a major hospital led to the death of an elderly patient. In a report to the WA Coroner, Senior Constable Mary Whyte said that 72-year-old Giovanni Bertoncini did not receive the diagnostic scans he needed over the 2002 Christmas period, because of a lack of resources at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Whyte said that Bertoncini had been taken to the hospital on 25 December 2002, but did not receive the required tests until 48 hours after his arrival. Bertoncini died on ...

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