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Maeve Bannister

Frog poison ritual affecting vulnerable people: coroner

Findings from a Lismore inquest have been released on a death involving kambo frog toxin. (Jason O'BRIEN/AAP PHOTOS)

Vulnerable people are being drawn into "healing" rituals involving frog poison administered by people claiming to be health practitioners but lack basic first aid knowledge in an emergency, a coroner has found.

Natasha Lechner, 39, died in 2019 after taking part in a kambo ceremony, a practice based off a South American ritual where toxin from the giant monkey frog is applied to burn wounds.

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