Rn Drive - Separate Stories Podcast

In September 2017, 18 year old Alex Braes went to Broken Hill Base Hospital three times within 24 hours after experiencing significant pain in his knee. It was not until his fourth and final presentation that vital observations were taken of him. By this stage Alex had deteriorated but he wasn't transferred to the closest suitable hospital for his care, which was Royal Adelaide Hospital. Instead he was taken to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney and died within an hour of arriving from septic shock.