Death of young woman with goitre could have been prevented by timely surgery – coroner

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Death of young woman with goitre could have been prevented by timely surgery – coroner

Martin
Johnston
Arohaina Gilbert
Arohaina Gilbert was aged 25 when she died from asphyxiation due to a goitre for which surgery had been delayed
I consider that Ms Gilbert’s death could reasonably have been avoided had there been more prompt surgery review at a surgery clinic, and had surgery b