NSW: NSW govt offers sympathy to woman who died in hospital

AAP General News (Australia)
04-08-2004
NSW: NSW govt offers sympathy to woman who died in hospital

The New South Wales government has expressed its sympathies to the family of a woman
who died in the toilet of a public hospital emergency department as she waited for treatment.

SHARON BROPHY died on March the 26th at Campbelltown Hospital -- just metres from help.

The 34-year-old's death is the latest in a litany of patient deaths to plague the state's
troubled health system.

Health Minister MORRIS IEMMA has told reporters that the mother of two's death is the
subject of a coronial inquiry and an independent review.

He says the public can still have faith in Campbelltown Hospital despite this latest incident.

Opposition health spokesman BARRY O'FARRELL says Premier BOB CARR must explain how
the death happened despite repeated claims that measures are in place to improve patient
care at Campbelltown and Camden hospitals.

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KEYWORD: HOSPITALS (SYDNEY)

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