Coroner wants liquid paraffin added to the PBS after boy’s constipation death
The 11-year-old Indigenous boy died of a bowel obstruction when his parents couldn't afford to buy the over-the-counter remedy.
A coroner has recommended liquid paraffin be added to the PBS after an Aboriginal boy died of a bowel obstruction when his family could not afford the over-the-counter remedy.
The 11-year-old died on 24 March 2022 following multi-organ failure and severe coagulopathy after undergoing surgery revealing an impaction caused by a “very large” faecalith.
