AN anorexic woman admitted to hospital with severe skin infections had a heart attack after being made to wait in a corridor and then an operating theatre by emergency department staff at a Perth hospital.
An inquest began on Monday into the death Melissa Anne Nielson, who was just 24 when she died after a life beset with health problems including her eating disorder, and chronic type 1 diabetes.
The opening to the inquest was told that Ms Nielson was so ill in the lead up to her death she had been treated by doctors usually specialising in geriatric care.
Beset by failing sight, kidney issues, problems with her nervous system which meant she could not feel her feet, and severe osteoporosis, Ms Nielson had broken multiple bones before she was admitted to Joondalup hospital in 2009 with severe skin infections.
Doctors at the northern suburbs hospital were so concerned by her state, they ordered an urgent transfer to Royal Perth Hospital.
But when she got there, an assessment was made that she did not need to be seen for 30 minutes, and was placed first in a corridor and then an operating theatre, the inquest was told.
She was found not breathing by a nurse an hour after arriving at the hospital, and died less than two weeks later, the inquest was told.
A post-mortem later found she had suffered brain injuries due to a heart attack.
Coroner Evelyn Vicker will probe who was responsible for assessing Ms Nielson when she arrived at Royal Perth Hospital, and what happened thereafter.
The inquest is due to last the rest of the week.
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