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Death could have been avoided: Dad

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Article originally prepared on : 20 December 2006

Death could have been avoided: Dad

The Cairns Post. Cairns, Qld.:Dec 16, 2006. p. 2

EMILY Baggott was loved by all who knew her but died because her mental anguish

was a mystery.

The 16-year-old Kuranda girl hanged herself in October 2005 after a short life

marked by sexual assault, predatory advances by males, self harm and drug

abuse.

The coronial inquest into her death condemned the lack of communication between

health services which ensured her medical history remained a mystery to her

father and stepmother.

"If we were informed it would not have happened," her father Tony Baggott said

outside Cairns Courthouse yesterday.

Emily moved to Cairns to live with Mr Baggott and Fay Allen in August 2005.

Coroner Tina Previtera found "the documented history available in Cairns was

inadequate and symptoms of depression were not explored".

Ms Allen said all available files about Emily were handwritten.

"Most of them were illegible," Ms Allen said.

Emily was treated for suicidal thoughts in New South Wales and the Gold Coast

but the files were not sent to Cairns.

Her records were not available to Mr Baggott and Ms Allen for confidentiality

reasons.

"We were shocked when we read the medical records," Ms Allen said.

"It was the first time we knew she was high risk."

A Cairns youth psychologist had assessed Emily to be a high chronic long term

risk rather than a high acute risk.

Ms Previtera recommended confidentiality be balanced with patient safety and a

state-wide database of medical records be implemented.

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