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Bec Symons and Rio Davis

Bernice Snell, 74, dies of a heart attack while waiting for an ultrasound in Latrobe Regional Hospital

The family of a 74-year-old Victorian woman who died of a heart attack 15 hours after arriving at a hospital says her condition was not deemed urgent enough to qualify for an after-hours ultrasound.

Bernice Snell was on high alert for blood clots because of new medication she was on and had been told to attend her closest emergency department if she had swelling or pain in her legs.

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