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Coroner finds diabetic teen's death was preventable

Lachlan Cook's mother Kirsten McMahon said it was heart-breaking that a coroner found his death on an overseas school trip was preventable.

AAP · Dec 20, 2023

When Lachlan Cook died after a school trip, the 'world stopped' for his family. They are still fighting for answers

Sixteen-year-old Lachlan Cook was thrilled to be travelling to Vietnam on a school trip. But his family says when he needed treatment for his type 1 diabetes, he was failed.

ABC News · Nov 12, 2022

Inquest begins into diabetic teenager Lachlan Cook's death on school trip to Vietnam

The mother of a diabetic teenager who died after becoming seriously ill on an overseas school trip three years ago tells a coroner's court her son should never have died and she wants to make sure no other family experiences the same loss.

ABC News · Mar 21, 2022