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In the days before a teenager died after presenting to hospital with a sore knee, he had done an internet search asking can pain kill you , his father has told an inquest.
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Experts cannot agree on an exact cause of death
But may have died from an infection from an ingrown toenail
Alex Braes died at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney on September 22, 2017, after being transferred from Broken Hill Hospital.
The 18-year-old TAFE student s death was featured in a Four Corners report, which revealed he presented to Broken Hill Hospital s emergency department four times before vital signs observations were administered.
Broken Hill Hospital inquest commences following Alex Braes s death from infected toenail
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