3/14/2023 0 Comments Corruption watchdog dismisses claims Rockingham hospital doctor tried to coerce colleague to alter death certificate dateA Corruption and Crime Commission investigation has been unable to substantiate claims a senior staff member at Rockingham General Hospital tried to coerce a registrar into changing the date on a patient's death certificate.
The allegations relate to Kevin Reid, who died in palliative care at the hospital in September 2022. Media reports at the time questioned whether Mr Reid was still alive when he was placed in a body bag and taken to the hospital's morgue. After those reports, South Metropolitan Health Service chief executive, Paul Forden, denied that was the case and said the only issue was that Mr Reid's death was not formally certified on the night he passed away. Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-14/rockingham-hospital-body-in-bag-death-probe-finalised/102094378
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