The New South Wales Coroner has linked the recent death of a young, severely disabled woman in far western NSW to a blemished health services in the region.
The coroner has posted the 26 year old could have been prevented if she would have received assistance a bit earlier.
Kate Therese Bugmy, was a victim of severe cerebral palsy, epilepsy and an intellectual disability, NSW State Coroner Mary Jerram found on Thursday. The young woman was just 36 kilos at the time when she succumbed at Broken Hill Base Hospital in June 2007.
Ms. Bugmy had been admitted to the hospital days before her demise. She was highly sickened, underweight, severely dehydrated and in an unconscious state at the time of being admitted.
Ms. Bugmy has been claimed to be case of neglected family and the family members should have sought help for her earlier, she outlined. However, she did not want criminal charges to be imposed in the matter.
"However, the failure of Kate's mother and sister to seek medical help will remain inexplicable, while the carers' omissions seem to have been due primarily to their scarce resources and lack of co-ordination which dominates all the evidence in this inquest”, she added.












