Woman's hospital death from over-sedation 'preventable'

A Tiwi Islander died from over-sedation in hospital, the Northern Territory coroner has been told. (Esther Linder/AAP PHOTOS)

The death of a Tiwi Island mother in hospital was preventable, a coroner has been told. 

Following days of sedation in the Royal Darwin Hospital emergency department and high-security Joan Ridley Unit, Pukamani Alimankinni stopped breathing while sleeping in a bean bag on August 8, 2021.