00:01One of the Launceston General Hospital's dark, open secrets put in the spotlight by a parliamentary inquiry.
00:09I have received 11 reports from doctors and nurses who have disclosed alleged misconduct relating to the death of a
00:17patient, including falsified medical certificates of death.
00:21Alleging it was done to avoid scrutiny of the hospital.
00:24A 2024 review commissioned by the Health Department referred 29 deaths to the coroner, blaming a former LGH staff member.
00:34I'm very disturbed by what I read and I take it very seriously.
00:39Dr Peter Renshaw, the hospital's former director of medical services, has denied all wrongdoing.
00:46Today a case management conference was held in the coroner's court for one death.
00:50The Health Department now arguing the coroner doesn't have the authority to investigate it, and the probe should end.
00:59The Health Department's lawyer argued that the department could not make findings about the issuing of death certificates,
01:05because that was something that happened after the death.
01:09She also argued that once a death had been signed off as not reportable to the coroner, that couldn't be
01:16changed.
01:16That would open up an enormous range of cases. Anyone could report anything, she said.
01:24Coroner Leigh Mackey questioned that, also saying issuing certificates was linked to the death.
01:30She adjourned the case, reserving her decision about jurisdiction.
01:35Dr Renshaw did not attend the hearing.
01:37His lawyer noted he had already been investigated by the national regulator.
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