Senior managers Konstantin Kontis and Vicky Kos testify at Melbourne’s coroner’s court regarding the 2020 Covid-19 outbreak at St Basil’s aged care home, where nearly a quarter of residents died.
Gia Lam, 32, died from sepsis in a Sydney hospital in 2019 after a urinary tract infection was repeatedly missed by healthcare professionals and interpreters were not provided. A coroner found her death preventable, leading to policy changes and an apology from the health district.
A coronial inquest in Sydney is examining the 2023 fatal police shooting of 43-year-old Jesse Deacon, who lived with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, after he was reported self-harming. His mother, Judy Deacon, advocates for systemic change in police mental health responses, as testimony reveals officers lacked specific training and mental health history warnings.
