A coronial inquest into the death of a 33-year-old after he was given painkillers in a Brisbane hospital has heard there were inconsistencies in nurses’ records about how much pain he was in. Michael Calder died at the Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital at Chermside on Brisbane’s northside on July 11, 2014. The father of three had been admitted with a severe headache and was given a mixture of morphine and oxycontin. Sarah Atkinson, from Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, who is representing Mr Calder’s family at this week’s inquest, said he was found collapsed three days after being admitted and could not be revived. She said an autopsy later found he had lethal levels of morphine in his blood.
