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Subscriber only In one of many missions flown by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter over the weekend, a three-year-old boy was flown out from Grafton on Saturday. At around 6pm Saturday, NSW Ambulance tasked the helicopter to carry out an urgent medical transfer from Grafton Hospital to the Gold Coast. The three-year-old was reported to be suffering a serious medical condition that required specialist treatment. He was stabilised by the critical care medical team, and was airlifted to Gold Coast University Hospital in a stable condition. It was one of four missions over the weekend in events that spanned the North Coast
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Two fatal blows, 70 injuries found on Tyrell Cobbâs body
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Four-year-old Tyrell Cobb, who died from two blows to his abdomen, had more than 70 bruises and abrasions to his body, a coroner found.
Tyrell died from intra-abdominal injuries that caused internal bleeding after suffering blunt force trauma at least two days before his death on May 24, 2009.
Strbak admitted she failed to get Tyrell medical treatment for his fatal injuries.
He had 70 bruises to his chest, arms, legs, groin, bottom, wrists and face, two punctate lesions on the top of his head and nine abrasions to his arms, legs and rectum.
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