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Tara Cosoleto

Failed mobility hoist led to woman's death

Tasmanian aged-care homes should service their mobility hoists more frequently, a coroner says. (Alan Porritt/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Tasmanian aged-care homes have been urged to service their mobility hoists more frequently after an elderly woman died when one malfunctioned.

Two workers were using the hoist to lift Janet Patricia Oates from her bed at a Hobart nursing home in July 2019 when the device failed.

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