The family of an Aboriginal man who died in custody of a suspected paracetamol overdose, are calling for prison inmates to be given the same medical treatment as members of the public.
Twenty-five-year-old Wonnarua man, Danny Whitton, died of multiple organ failure at the Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney on November 9, 2015, four days after he was transferred from his cell at the Junee Correctional Facility in central NSW.
At a coronial inquest into his death this week, his cellmate at the time –given the pseudonym, Mr C– gave evidence and said days before his death, Mr Whitton complained of vomiting, severe stomach pain and was passing blood in his urine.
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Aboriginal man who died in custody had delay in medical treatment, inquest told
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An Aboriginal man who died in custody was “very sick” and had yellow skin in the days before his death, and when another inmate saw him slumped over and asked for help it took about an hour for nurses to arrive, an inquest has been told.
Danny Whitton, 25, a Wonnarua man from the Hunter region, died at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney on November 9, 2015, from multiple organ failure caused by suspected paracetamol toxicity. (The