Woman who died after surgery should not have been discharged, inquest finds

Rosemarie Campbell died after being discharged from The Wesley Hospital. (ABC News: Michael Lloyd)

Gold Coast woman Rosemarie Campbell died at her home of complications three days after undergoing gastric bypass surgery in February 2022.

An inquest has found she was unlikely to have died if she had not been discharged from hospital.

Wesley Hospital has implemented improvements to discharge criteria, vital signs procedure and nurse training on recovery from bariatric surgery since the inquest.

A woman who died three days after gastric bypass surgery likely would have survived if she had not been discharged, an inquest has found.

Gold Coast woman Rosemarie Campbell died in February 2022 at her home of complications after the operation performed by Vahid Reza Adib at The Wesley Hospital in Brisbane.

A coronial inquest into her death, held over three days in August last year, heard from nursing staff at the hospital, medical experts and Dr Adib, who has been in a relationship with former premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.

Rosemarie Campbell's family attended the inquest last year. (ABC News)

According to evidence submitted to the inquest, Ms Campbell began complaining of nausea the evening after her gastric bypass surgery on February 24, 2022.

She was discharged at midday the following day despite vomiting several times.

In her findings published on Tuesday, Deputy State Coroner Stephanie Gallagher said Ms Campbell should not have been discharged due to her deteriorating condition.

"It ought to have been appreciated that Ms Campbell was sufficiently unwell that she ought not to be discharged from hospital," the coroner's report said.

The inquest found Reza Adib was not informed of Ms Campbell's deteriorating condition. (ABC News: Kenji Sato)

During the inquest, Dr Adib said that vomiting after surgery was common and he did not need to ask more questions.

Ms Gallagher rejected this submission, stating, "Dr Adib should have asked more questions, especially about the volume of vomiting".

She said the volume of vomiting was not normal or satisfactorily controlled on the normal medication.

However, the coroner found nurses had not informed Dr Adib that Ms Campbell's condition was worsening.

"Had Dr Adib been alerted to the issues of concern and attended upon Ms Campbell, it would seem that he would not, acting appropriately, have agreed to Ms Campbell's discharge and indeed, she would have been assessed and investigated for the cause of her complaints," Ms Gallagher said in her findings.

The coroner found Ms Campbell should not have been discharged