Friday 7 October 2022 01:49 AM Rockingham General Hospital boss denies patient sent to the morgue in a body ... trends now
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The boss of a West Australian hospital has strongly denied sensational claims a patient was placed in a body bag and sent to the morgue while still alive.
Kevin Reid, 55, died in Rockingham General Hospital, south of Perth - but whether that was on the night of September 5 this year or the following day on September 6 has been called into question.
Nurses treating Mr Reid in palliative care believed he had died but no doctor attended to certify this, which the hospital has blamed on being short-staffed and due to confusion because two patients had died within moments of each other.
The doctor attended the other patient's ward but not Mr Reid's and he was transferred to the mortuary.
But the following day his treating doctor attended to complete the official death certificate and upon unzipping the body bag formed the opinion he was alive when transferred.
Kevin Reid (pictured), 55, died in Rockingham Hospital south of Perth but a funeral director spotted a discrepancy on his death certificate
'I believe the frank blood from a new skin tear, arm position and eye signs were inconsistent with a person who
