The state coroner has received a complaint that a 55yo man was taken to Rockingham General Hospital's morgue and placed in a body bag on September 5 before he was in fact dead.

The patient, who was in palliative care, was not even certified as deceased at the time nursing staff moved him from his bed to the morgue.

The complaint was sent to the coroner by a doctor at the hospital, who was asked to certify the man's death a day later.

The story was broken by Gary Adshead in WA Business News, who told Liam Bartlett on Mornings that what the doctor saw when he opened the body bag was concerning.

The state coroner has received a complaint that a 55yo man was taken to Rockingham General Hospital's morgue and placed in a body bag on September 5 before he was in fact dead.
The patient, who was in palliative care, was not even certified as deceased at the time nursing staff moved him from his bed to the morgue.
The complaint was sent to the coroner by a doctor at the hospital, who was asked to certify the man's death a day later.
The story was broken by Gary Adshead in WA Business News, who told Liam Bartlett on Mornings that what the doctor saw when he opened the body bag was concerning.

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