The death of Ann Marie Smith: a shocking case of neglect, or a failure of the system?

By Luke Henriques-Gomes

Questions are being asked about the role of the NDIS watchdog as anger mounts over the death of the Adelaide woman

The police say when Ann Marie Smith was finally taken to hospital, her flesh was rotting. She was also malnourished.

Doctors at the Royal Adelaide Hospital sought to treat the severe pressure sores on her body. According to detectives, Smith had been sitting in the same woven cane chair for more than a year.

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