About this episode

The episode explores the circumstances surrounding Nellie's death, examining medical evidence and potential neglect.

Nellie's coronial file reveals more about her death - and her life. There are badly healed broken bones, a skin graft, evidence of a fall three days before she died in which she broke her nose. Was her death malicious? Or was it just neglect? To see more images and details about the series, vist the website here . Nellie's coronial file reveals more about her death - and her life. There are badly healed broken bones, a skin graft, evidence of a fall three days before she died in which she broke her nose. Was her death malicious? Or was it just neglect? When she died, the doctors didn't even know what drugs Nellie was on. Who should be accountable? Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Topics covered

• death investigation
• child neglect
• coronial file
• medical evidence
• accountability

Keywords

• Nellie
• coronial file
• broken bones
• skin graft
• medical evidence
• child death
• neglect
• accountability

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: RNZ

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