Rapid amputation considered, inquest told

By Luke Costin
Updated April 22 2021 - 5:39pm, first published 5:36pm
Alex Braes went into septic shock in Broken Hill Base Hospital's emergency department.
Alex Braes went into septic shock in Broken Hill Base Hospital's emergency department.

The "first and only option" available to a specialist doctor treating a gravely ill teenager in a country hospital was to fly him elsewhere, a coroner has been told.

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