Veronica Nelson handled inhumanely earlier than jail dying, jail officer concedes

CCTV exhibits Brown, nurse Atheana George and two different jail officers present Nelson with paracetamol although a cell entice door about 1.30am. It was the last time staff noticed her alive.

Throughout Brown’s nightshift, the coroner heard Nelson went on to make 9 additional requires assist over the prison intercom, together with a ultimate two conversations Lacy described as “haunting” and “chilling”. Nothing was heard from Nelson after 4am. Her body was discovered later that morning.

Attending paramedics believed she had been lifeless for a while.

Taking to the witness stand for the first time on Friday after a failed Supreme Court struggle to suppress her identification, Brown revealed she now believed she ought to’ve done more to help Nelson throughout her final hours.

Brown accepted she had a duty of care to Nelson and will have gone to check on the 37-year-old after the inmate turned unresponsive throughout her ultimate intercom name. She also accepted Nelson was deprived of “adequate” medical care throughout her stay and not handled humanely.

The jail officer was additionally important of the medical care offered to inmates and the situation by which some arrived on the Yarra unit. She mentioned night nurses typically refused to walk the 200 metres from the medical unit to the Yarra unit to see patients through the evening.

Prison officers are not permitted to name triple zero and extra senior employees would have to be contacted to do this in any emergency, Brown mentioned.

An autopsy later found Nelson had the undiagnosed medical situation Wilkie’s syndrome, a uncommon however probably life-threatening gastrointestinal situation.

Rishi Nathwani, representing Nelson’s mother, was vital of Brown’s action and pressed the jail officer on an inner review that praised her actions.

Nathwani mentioned in the evaluation, Dame Phyllis Frost common supervisor Tracey Jones mentioned she was “proud” of the way in which Nelson was handled in her ultimate hours and that Brown “sensitively managed the intercom calls”.

Prison CCTV exhibits Tracey Brown, far right, attending Nelson’s prison cell alongside nurse Atheana George about 1.30am the day of Nelson’s loss of life.

On the stand, Brown disagreed. Jones is due to give evidence subsequent week.

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