‘I want people to be warned’: son forced to remove tubes from father’s septic body after death in Bali hospital

Jake Harvey says he has lasting trauma after trying to get help from the Australian government for critically ill father Australian man died in Bali after consulate refused to assist with medical transfer Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Jake Harvey remembers vividly the moment he was told in a Balinese hospital that he had just two hours to remove his father’s dead body from the intensive care ward. He had just watched his father, Wayne, die, but within minutes he was told he had to “unplug” him – leaving him to work out how to remove a catheter and a tube that was still down his father’s throat. Continue reading...

By Sarah Martin