Woman's death from rare heart condition was inevitable due to lack of surgery capability at Royal Darwin Hospital, NT coroner hears

The woman died at Royal Darwin Hospital in July 2021.  (ABC News: Che Chorley)

The "tragic reality" of the death of an Indigenous woman at Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH) was that even if her rare heart condition had been detected earlier, she could not have been saved because the hospital lacked the surgical treatment she required, the Northern Territory (NT) coroner has heard.

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the name of an Indigenous woman who has died.