Death at Sydney hospital due to fentanyl toxicity

A man who died hours after his operation was wrongly prescribed fentanyl instead of oxycodone and paracetamol Paul Lau, 54, died at a Sydney hospital in June 2015 after he was given another patient’s medication following routine day surgery, a coroner has heard. Counsel assisting Kirsten Edwards told Deputy State Coroner Teresa O’Sullivan that she would