Exhumation in patient death probe.(Bob Cooling)(Brief article)

Australian Doctor,  April, 2007  by McNamara, Sophie

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Sophie McNamara with AAP

A MAN'S body has been exhumed against his family's wishes as police extend their investigation into patient deaths at a rural NSW hospital.

Local GP Dr Balaji Rao, who was VMO at TocumwalHospital, had his registration suspended in February under the emergency powers of the NSW Medical Board. No criminal charges have been laid.

Last week the body of Mr Bob Cooling, an 88-year-old war veteran who died at the hospital earlier this year, was exhumed.

Autopsy results for a 99-year-old woman and 72-year-old man, both of whom also died at the hospital, ...

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