Systemic failings saw disabled woman choke to death after staff miss warnings

By Christopher Knaus
Updated April 23 2018 - 11:34pm, first published November 18 2015 - 6:21am

A profoundly disabled woman choked to death in a government-run group home when ill-prepared, confused casual staff failed to heed warnings that she had a dangerous tendency to gorge food.

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