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WA Coroner examines role of ambulance ramping in death of Ashleigh Hunter at Royal Perth Hospital

WA's Coroner is examining whether ambulance ramping and staff resourcing at Royal Perth Hospital's emergency department caused delays in the treatment of a 26-year-old woman who died from a meningococcal infection.

On December 27, 2019, Geraldton woman Ashleigh Rebecca Hunter was taken by ambulance to RPH after becoming increasingly unwell over about three hours at the holiday apartment she was sharing with her partner.

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