The coronial inquest into the death of Rozalia Spadafora continued last Monday. The five-year-old is believed to have died of myocarditis brought on by influenza A in July last year – a day after her fifth birthday. She was taken ...

The ACT Coroner's Court inquest has found a lack of communication and preventable mistakes among Canberra Hospital's staff led to a delay in her diagnosis and, ultimately, Rozalia's death. The five-year-old is believed to have died of myocarditis brought on ...

One hospital's mistake claimed the life of Jon and Diana Searle’s first child, but a court has found the baby’s death was preventable if staff had noticed the error in time. On Friday, South Australian coroner Naomi Kereru handed down ...

The South Australian coroner is set to take further evidence from a stroke specialist after it was revealed a roster bungle – which may have contributed to the deaths of two patients – had been repeated. State Coroner Mark Johns ...