Six deaths under review at Tasmanian hospital after claims of falsified documents

Six deaths at a major Tasmanian hospital have been referred to the coroner for investigation after allegations records were altered and legal reporting requirements not followed. Tasmania’s health department launched a review after a Launceston General Hospital nurse accused a senior manager of falsifying death certificates and not reporting deaths to the coroner.

Launceston General Hospital nurse and midwife Amanda Duncan raised the allegations about the senior manager during a parliamentary inquiry in February. She said she had received 11 reports from doctors and nurses who disclosed alleged misconduct relating to the death of a patient, including falsified medical certificates of death. Webster said the review panel, led by Adjunct Professor Debora Picone AO, had undertaken a “significant amount of work”.

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