When Launceston nurse and midwife Amanda Duncan appeared at a Tasmanian parliamentary inquiry into ambulance ramping last year, her testimony was macabre and shocking. 

Duncan claimed hospital management at Launceston General Hospital had altered death certificates – meaning deaths that should have been investigated were quietly recertified.

Those revelations triggered a public inquiry, yet questions have been raised about its scope and accountability as new cases continue to emerge that extend far beyond the initial inquiry.

Today, writer and former editor of The Monthly, Nick Feik, on his investigation into falsified death certificates and revelations of a broken health system.



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Guest: Writer and former editor of The Monthly, Nick Feik

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When Launceston nurse and midwife Amanda Duncan appeared at a Tasmanian parliamentary inquiry into ambulance ramping last year, her testimony was macabre and shocking.&nbsp;
Duncan claimed hospital management at Launceston General Hospital had altered death certificates &ndash; meaning deaths that should have been investigated were quietly recertified.
Those revelations triggered a public inquiry, yet questions have been raised about its scope and accountability as new cases continue to emerge that extend far beyond the initial inquiry.
Today, writer and former editor of The Monthly, Nick Feik, on his investigation into falsified death certificates and revelations of a broken health system.
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Guest: Writer and former editor of The Monthly, Nick Feik
Photo: AAP Image/Ethan James

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Falsified deaths: The systemic problems in Tasmanian hospitals

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