Six-year-old boy died from scurvy despite long-term concerns over diet, Queensland coroner finds
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#784M7)
Coroner says death likely triggered by vitamin C deficiency and socalled sailor's disease' common in convict era
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A six-year-old boy died from scurvy, the socalled sailor's disease" common in the convict era, a coroner has found.
Brisbane boy Connor Dean died after a cardiac arrest under general anaesthetic at Queensland children's hospital in 2024.
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