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Substantial NDIS package untouched before woman's death

An intellectually disabled woman found emaciated the day before she died had a $75,000 NDIS plan that had never been used, a coroner has been told.

AAP · Sep 21

Snorkelling charter should have had better equipment, ex-employee tells Port Lincoln drowning inquest

The coronial inquest into the drowning off Eyre Peninsula hears more safety training and procedures would have been "useful" for employees of the snorkelling company.

ABC News · Apr 4, 2023

Tour operator gives evidence at inquest into Port Lincoln snorkelling death

The tour operator in charge when an international tourist drowned on one of his sea lion snorkelling trips described it as the most tragic experience of his life.

ABC News · Mar 31, 2023

Wrong cancer diagnosis led to man's lung surgery

An inquest has been told that a 67-year-old man who later died of respiratory failure had undergone major lung surgery after an incorrect cancer diagnosis.

AAP · Feb 7, 2023

Snorkelling tour was 'outside the permit zone' on day woman drowned, inquest set to hear

A coronial inquest into the drowning death of an international tourist on a South Australian snorkelling tour is expected to hear the tour company was operating outside of its permit zone and with limited rescue and first aid equipment on board.

ABC News · Jan 30, 2023

Adelaide man with a disability dies after being left without care for almost two days, inquest told

An Adelaide man living with a disability did not receive any care from his support workers for 45 hours and that problems within the organisation likely contributed to his death, a coronial inquest has heard.

ABC News · Aug 9, 2022

SA disabled man left 45 hours without care

An inquest in Adelaide has been told that a man with a disability had been left without care for 45 hours before he was found dead in his home.

AAP · Aug 9, 2022

Choking inquest told 'closer supervision' could have prevented death of Lucas Latouche Mazzei

The parents of a five-year-old boy with special needs who choked to death on a nectarine stone at an Adelaide school were "misled" into believing an investigation had been conducted by education authorities, a coronial inquest hears.

ABC News · Mar 24, 2022

Inquest into boy's death examines competency of first-aid training for school staff

The first-aid provided to a boy who choked to death at an Adelaide school was "hampered by panic", with an inquest into his death to determine whether SA teachers are equipped to respond to first aid emergencies. Warning: This story contains details which some readers might find distressing.

ABC News · Feb 14, 2022

Inquest to look at first aid in SA schools

An inquest into the death of a young South Australian boy with special needs will look at the adequacy of first aid training for teachers in local schools.

AAP · Feb 14, 2022