Doctors missed Gia’s UTI after childbirth. The Vietnamese Australian woman’s death was preventable, coroner finds
Gia Lam should have been offered interpreter by medical team at Fairfield hospital, coroner’s court findsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman who died of sepsis three days after giving birth in western Sydney...
<p>Gia Lam should have been offered interpreter by medical team at Fairfield hospital, coroner’s court finds</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/mar/19/australia-news-live-jim-chalmers-tax-inflation-budget-cost-of-living-war-fuel-crisis-shortage-inflation-cyclone-narelle-queensland-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>A woman who died of sepsis three days after giving birth in western Sydney could have survived if her urinary tract infection (UTI) had been diagnosed, a coroner’s court has found.</p><p>It also found the woman, who was born in Vietnam, should have been offered interpreter services so she could communicate better with medical experts.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/19/gia-lam-died-chilbirth-uti-hospital-preventable-death">Continue reading...</a>
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