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ABC News
08-07-2025
- Health
- ABC News
Symerien Brooking's death at Perth Children's Hospital to be examined at coronial inquest
A coronial inquest into the death of a 10-year-old girl who died at WA's main paediatric hospital last August is set to take place after her mother shared her story, and her pleas for answers, with the ABC. WARNING: This story contains the name and image of an Indigenous person who has died. Sharyn Morris said she hoped the inquest would help her understand why her repeated requests for her daughter, Symerien Brooking, to have a brain scan were ignored, and what caused the fatal bleeding on her daughter's brain. "I need answers. I need to know," she said. "I need to know why my child's life was taken unnecessarily. "And to know that it's not going to happen to other people. "There has to be justification for what goes wrong." Symerien was taken off life support almost 48 hours after arriving at Perth Children's Hospital (PCH). Ms Morris had found her daughter unresponsive on the floor. Symmie, as she had come to be known, was born with an extremely rare and complex congenital disease and lived with numerous medical conditions. She was under the care of several specialists at PCH, including within the neurology department, and had presented twice in the months before her death with seizure activity. As soon as the ambulance arrived at the hospital, Ms Morris said she asked those treating her daughter to organise a CT scan of Symmie's brain. While Symmie did go on to have seizures — with one lasting 45 minutes — Ms Morris said she was not seizing upon presentation, so should have been able to have a scan. Despite what Ms Morris said were repeated requests for her daughter to have a brain scan, one was not done until seven hours later. By then it was too late. The scan found significant bleeding, and while surgery was done to insert drains in an attempt to remove the fluid, it did not work. Ms Morris — who was herself a grandmother when she took over caring for Symmie when the girl was just 10 days old — left the hospital without the person who had become her whole world. The ABC first told the story of Symmie's remarkable life and Ms Morris's relentless pursuit of her daughter's survival in 2019. When Symmie was born, doctors did not expect her to live for much more than a year. But Symmie defied all the odds. Ms Morris said her daughter's prognosis had never been more positive and her overall care plan had gone from being one focused on providing quality of life to including quantity. One of Symmie's doctors had even told her he expected her daughter would outlive her. Ms Morris wants the inquest to not only understand what happened in her daughter's case, but to try and bring about cultural change within the medical system, so parents and caregivers are listened to by doctors. "She [Symmie] was a very caring, loving young girl, and she gave everything to all who met her," Ms Morris said. "I know that she would want to make sure that the system was better … so other children didn't suffer and other parents don't suffer." As a community advocate, Suresh Rajan has supported other families in their quests for answers after a child they loved died in WA's health system, including the 2021 death of Aishwarya Aswath at PCH, and Sandipan Dhar who died in March last year at Joondalup Health Campus. "If you look at all of the cases that we've had in the last few years, all of them boil down to one thing — that the medical professional is not listening to either the caregiver or the patient as to what is required," he said. Mr Rajan said he hoped an inquest into Symmie's death, alongside those into the deaths of Aishwarya and Sandipan, would bring about actual change. "I hope that these cases become seminal events in changing the culture of our health system," he said. "The WA health system suffers from a culture of doctors not listening to the patient or the caregiver, they have the view that they're the only ones who know what's wrong with that person. That has to change." While a date for the inquest is yet to be announced, the WA Coroner has advised one will take place, according to a government spokesperson. "This information was shared by the Health Minister with Ms Morris during their meeting last month," the spokesperson said. "The death of any child or young person is a tragedy, which has a devastating impact on the families, friends and communities involved.
Yahoo
03-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Is Potlatch (PCH) Stock Outpacing Its Construction Peers This Year?
Investors interested in Construction stocks should always be looking to find the best-performing companies in the group. Potlatch (PCH) is a stock that can certainly grab the attention of many investors, but do its recent returns compare favorably to the sector as a whole? A quick glance at the company's year-to-date performance in comparison to the rest of the Construction sector should help us answer this question. Potlatch is a member of our Construction group, which includes 87 different companies and currently sits at #9 in the Zacks Sector Rank. The Zacks Sector Rank considers 16 different groups, measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the sector to gauge the strength of each group. The Zacks Rank is a proven system that emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions, highlighting a variety of stocks that are displaying the right characteristics to beat the market over the next one to three months. Potlatch is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #1 (Strong Buy). The Zacks Consensus Estimate for PCH's full-year earnings has moved 10.1% higher within the past quarter. This shows that analyst sentiment has improved and the company's earnings outlook is stronger. According to our latest data, PCH has moved about 3.7% on a year-to-date basis. At the same time, Construction stocks have gained an average of 2.4%. As we can see, Potlatch is performing better than its sector in the calendar year. Another Construction stock, which has outperformed the sector so far this year, is Taylor Wimpey PLC Unsponsored ADR (TWODY). The stock has returned 3.4% year-to-date. In Taylor Wimpey PLC Unsponsored ADR's case, the consensus EPS estimate for the current year increased 1.1% over the past three months. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). Looking more specifically, Potlatch belongs to the Building Products - Wood industry, a group that includes 11 individual stocks and currently sits at #75 in the Zacks Industry Rank. Stocks in this group have gained about 10.7% so far this year, so PCH is slightly underperforming its industry this group in terms of year-to-date returns. In contrast, Taylor Wimpey PLC Unsponsored ADR falls under the Building Products - Home Builders industry. Currently, this industry has 17 stocks and is ranked #210. Since the beginning of the year, the industry has moved -7.9%. Going forward, investors interested in Construction stocks should continue to pay close attention to Potlatch and Taylor Wimpey PLC Unsponsored ADR as they could maintain their solid performance. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report Potlatch Corporation (PCH) : Free Stock Analysis Report Taylor Wimpey PLC Unsponsored ADR (TWODY) : Free Stock Analysis Report This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research ( Zacks Investment Research Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
01-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
PotlatchDeltic Scheduled to Release Second Quarter 2025 Earnings on July 28, 2025
SPOKANE, Wash., July 01, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PotlatchDeltic Corporation (Nasdaq: PCH) will release second quarter earnings on Monday, July 28, after the market closes. The company will hold a live conference call and webcast on Tuesday, July 29 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time (12:00 p.m. Eastern Time) to discuss the results. Investors may access the webcast at by clicking on the Investors link or by conference call at 1-888-510-2008 for U.S./Canada and 1-646-960-0306 for international callers. Participants will be asked to provide conference I.D. number 7281983. A replay of the conference call will be available two hours following the call until August 5, 2025, by calling 1-800-770-2030 for U.S./Canada or 1-609-800-9909 for international callers. Callers must enter conference I.D. number 7281983 to access the replay. About PotlatchDeltic PotlatchDeltic (Nasdaq: PCH) is a leading Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) with ownership of 2.1 million acres of timberlands in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina. Through its taxable REIT subsidiary, the company also operates six sawmills, an industrial-grade plywood mill, a residential and commercial real estate development business and a rural timberland sales program. PotlatchDeltic, a leader in sustainable forest management, is committed to corporate responsibility. More information can be found at View source version on Contacts (INVESTORS)Wayne Wasechek509-835-1521 (MEDIA)Anna Torma509-835-1558 Sign in to access your portfolio
The Age
11-06-2025
- Health
- The Age
Could a scan seven years ago have found the sleeping killer in a WA girl's head?
After her birth in the Kimberley in July 2014, Jane* was given a year to live owing to a rare, widespread congenital syndrome that impacted her brain development and ability to see, hear, walk and talk. But 10 years on, with the help of her foster mum, Sharyn Morris, she defied the odds and flourished into a bright little girl who loved the solar system and Elmo. Jane captured the hearts of anyone who met her – including Health Minister Meredith Hammat. This incredible progress was cut short in August last year, when Jane died unexpectedly from a brain bleed. 'She just was developing so well, and there was no reason to believe that anything was going to happen to her,' Morris says. The bleed was thought to have been caused by a blood vessel abnormality hidden in her brain. It was a condition that doctors consistently assured Morris that Jane did not have, and recommended against scans that would have identified it. This was despite years of medical documents that said otherwise, which has led Morris to demand a coronial inquest into her foster daughter's death. Loading In echoes of previous cases of parents' concerns being ignored at WA hospital – such as those of Aishwarya Aswath and Sandipan Dhar – Morris says Jane's death could have been prevented if her requests for more rigorous scans years ago had been acted on. 'She would say to me, '[Jane], grow up to be a big girl' and I'd say, 'Yes, honey, mum promises you, you'll grow up to be a big girl',' Morris says. 'She just never got that opportunity. They took everything away from her and took her away from us. They destroyed our lives as well. It's not right.' Shock death There were only four children in the world with Jane's condition in 2019. Under that she had a multitude of other conditions, including dark skin lesions covering her head and body, tumours on her brain and in her eyes, rickets, autism, and epilepsy. Morris, 61, fostered Jane 10 days after her birth at the request of her biological mother, and was eventually given a special guardianship order, granting her total parental responsibility. Despite obtaining permission from Morris to write this story, this masthead cannot reveal the girl's real name – Jane is a pseudonym – nor show pictures of her because the Department of Communities retains control over publication of information about her. The department refused to allow the publication of her name or images of her on the request of her biological family for cultural reasons. Jane's conditions meant she was a regular visitor to Perth Children's Hospital, but despite this, in recent years her speech and walking were advancing in leaps and bounds thanks to a new medication regimen. Morris says her foster daughter was doing so well, Jane would have probably outlived her, which is why her rapid deterioration last year came as such a shock. Morris had taken Jane to PCH in February and April 2024, complaining of headaches and 'whipper snipper' noises in her head. She was given an MRI during that visit, but doctors found no issues or bleeding. By August, Jane had deteriorated to the point she was no longer walking. 'It would appear that four years after Aishwarya's death that nothing has changed.' Family advocate Suresh Rajan On August 22, Jane suddenly collapsed on the kitchen floor of her Marangaroo home and was rushed to hospital by ambulance. That afternoon was the last time Morris saw her daughter conscious. Doctors reported her seizing, but Morris repeatedly told them they were not like her regular seizures. She says that evening she pleaded with doctors for a CT scan, but it did not happen until early morning the next day. The scan found the bleed. In a clinical incident report known as a SAC1 report, seen by this masthead, doctors noted Jane had to be stabilised before they could do the scan. Jane was eventually found to have had a massive brain bleed, and surgery to drain it was unsuccessful. Morris and her daughters, who had travelled from across the state to see Jane, switched off her life support at 5.55pm on August 24 in time for sunset, which Morris says was her favourite time of day. Ten months on, Morris is yet to receive Jane's official cause of death, but the SAC1 report and her discharge summary both note a blood vessel deformity known as an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) found in her brain after her death may have been the source of the bleed. Conflicting reports AVMs are a tangling of arteries and veins that can disrupt the flow of blood and cause internal bleeding. According to the Sydney Children's Hospital, AVMs usually form during development or shortly after birth. They are often only found if they start bleeding, but can be detected using medical imaging techniques like MRIs, CT scans and angiograms. Loading Angiograms are considered the gold standard of diagnosing AVMs, which are treatable through surgery, radiosurgery or endovascular treatment. Jane's medical documents from 2017 onwards show conflicting reports about the presence of an AVM, and that Morris' repeated requests for an angiogram did not eventuate. In a 2017 letter between neurologists and PCH, obtained by Morris under Freedom of Information laws, it was revealed an MRI taken found a possible AVM, but it was not conclusive and would require an angiogram. The doctor said there was a risk associated with the angiogram, and they had discussed whether they outweighed the risk of the AVM haemorrhaging. That same letter noted Morris was 'very keen' to do the angiogram and the doctor agreed to do it if the Neurological Intervention and Imaging Service of WA supported the move. In a separate letter from December 2018, NIISWA found there was 'no evidence' of an AVM after an enhanced MRI scan. Jane never received an angiogram, and in all her annual care plans until her death, it was noted a brain lesion spotted in the past MRI was 'not an AVM'. 'No further investigation, surgery or intervention is required from NIISWA point of view,' it said. However, discharge summaries from several hospital visits from March 2020 until her final visit, seen by this masthead, clearly stated she did have an AVM. Jane's final discharge notice notes her brain bleed was thought to be caused by a small AVM, which was 'noted on previous MRI image series'. This conflicts with the SAC1 report, where a panel found previous scans 'did not demonstrate an AVM or other vascular lesion for which prior neurological intervention would have indicated.' Morris says she only noticed mentions of the AVM on Jane's discharge summaries after her death. She says had she been alerted sooner, she would have pushed harder for more scans and treatment. 'I'm of the understanding that she doesn't have one. I'm her primary carer. I have a special guardianship order for this child, she's my child. I'm raising her, and I'm told by doctors she doesn't have one,' she says. Morris claims Jane's Indigenous background and disabilities may have been a factor in her struggle to get her properly diagnosed. 'In seven years why did they not do it? Because she's Indigenous, because she was special needs? What are their answers?' she said. 'No faith' in Aishwarya's CARE call During Jane's final days in hospital, Morris did not activate the Aishwarya CARE call system – the system implemented in WA hospitals after Aishwarya Aswath's death in 2021 to help parents escalate their concerns. Both Morris and the clinical incident report concede Morris had made her concerns heard enough to have senior medical staff in the room, but Morris says she had no faith in the system. 'Why would I? I already have [senior doctors] treating my child, and they won't listen to me. Who is going to take notice of me at 10 o'clock at night?' she says. Morris' concerns around the Aishwarya CARE call system concerned family advocate Suresh Rajan, who also helped Aishwarya's parents in the aftermath of their daughter's death. 'When the Aishwarya CARE call was implemented, the then-health minister, now premier, wrote to us to advise that the system was to 'change the culture of the WA Health Service so that patients and caregivers were listened to',' he says. 'It would appear that four years after Aishwarya's death that nothing has changed.' What needs to change Morris is furious at the handling of Jane's care and subsequent investigations, including the SAC1 report, which suggested her death was not preventable. She says she did not have the opportunity to address the panel conducting the report, nor respond to its findings. She wants Hammat's support to launch a coronial inquest into her daughter's care and death and is demanding a raft of changes in hospital accountability. These include more accountability of individual doctor decision-making, laws to force doctors to act on observations and concerns of parents, establishing an independent medical investigation body and more transparency around investigations. 'Parents are right' Health Minister Meredith Hammat, who attended Jane's funeral, confirmed she would reach out to Morris to discuss her concerns, but would not say whether she supported her request for a coronial inquest. '[Jane] was an incredible little girl and loved by many people in our community,' she said. 'I've spoken with Sharyn many times over the years, most recently just a few weeks ago. Sharyn is a strong woman and a fearless advocate, and I'm sorry for her loss. 'I won't discuss the details of our meetings, but it is my firm view that parents and guardians should be listened to. They know their child best. 'Our conversations are ongoing, and I will continue to support Sharyn as both her local member and Minister for Health to ensure she gets the answers she needs.' A Child and Adolescent Health Service spokesman said they could not discuss confidential patient details.
Sydney Morning Herald
11-06-2025
- Health
- Sydney Morning Herald
Could a scan seven years ago have found the sleeping killer in a WA girl's head?
After her birth in the Kimberley in July 2014, Jane* was given a year to live owing to a rare, widespread congenital syndrome that impacted her brain development and ability to see, hear, walk and talk. But 10 years on, with the help of her foster mum, Sharyn Morris, she defied the odds and flourished into a bright little girl who loved the solar system and Elmo. Jane captured the hearts of anyone who met her – including Health Minister Meredith Hammat. This incredible progress was cut short in August last year, when Jane died unexpectedly from a brain bleed. 'She just was developing so well, and there was no reason to believe that anything was going to happen to her,' Morris says. The bleed was thought to have been caused by a blood vessel abnormality hidden in her brain. It was a condition that doctors consistently assured Morris that Jane did not have, and recommended against scans that would have identified it. This was despite years of medical documents that said otherwise, which has led Morris to demand a coronial inquest into her foster daughter's death. Loading In echoes of previous cases of parents' concerns being ignored at WA hospital – such as those of Aishwarya Aswath and Sandipan Dhar – Morris says Jane's death could have been prevented if her requests for more rigorous scans years ago had been acted on. 'She would say to me, '[Jane], grow up to be a big girl' and I'd say, 'Yes, honey, mum promises you, you'll grow up to be a big girl',' Morris says. 'She just never got that opportunity. They took everything away from her and took her away from us. They destroyed our lives as well. It's not right.' Shock death There were only four children in the world with Jane's condition in 2019. Under that she had a multitude of other conditions, including dark skin lesions covering her head and body, tumours on her brain and in her eyes, rickets, autism, and epilepsy. Morris, 61, fostered Jane 10 days after her birth at the request of her biological mother, and was eventually given a special guardianship order, granting her total parental responsibility. Despite obtaining permission from Morris to write this story, this masthead cannot reveal the girl's real name – Jane is a pseudonym – nor show pictures of her because the Department of Communities retains control over publication of information about her. The department refused to allow the publication of her name or images of her on the request of her biological family for cultural reasons. Jane's conditions meant she was a regular visitor to Perth Children's Hospital, but despite this, in recent years her speech and walking were advancing in leaps and bounds thanks to a new medication regimen. Morris says her foster daughter was doing so well, Jane would have probably outlived her, which is why her rapid deterioration last year came as such a shock. Morris had taken Jane to PCH in February and April 2024, complaining of headaches and 'whipper snipper' noises in her head. She was given an MRI during that visit, but doctors found no issues or bleeding. By August, Jane had deteriorated to the point she was no longer walking. 'It would appear that four years after Aishwarya's death that nothing has changed.' Family advocate Suresh Rajan On August 22, Jane suddenly collapsed on the kitchen floor of her Marangaroo home and was rushed to hospital by ambulance. That afternoon was the last time Morris saw her daughter conscious. Doctors reported her seizing, but Morris repeatedly told them they were not like her regular seizures. She says that evening she pleaded with doctors for a CT scan, but it did not happen until early morning the next day. The scan found the bleed. In a clinical incident report known as a SAC1 report, seen by this masthead, doctors noted Jane had to be stabilised before they could do the scan. Jane was eventually found to have had a massive brain bleed, and surgery to drain it was unsuccessful. Morris and her daughters, who had travelled from across the state to see Jane, switched off her life support at 5.55pm on August 24 in time for sunset, which Morris says was her favourite time of day. Ten months on, Morris is yet to receive Jane's official cause of death, but the SAC1 report and her discharge summary both note a blood vessel deformity known as an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) found in her brain after her death may have been the source of the bleed. Conflicting reports AVMs are a tangling of arteries and veins that can disrupt the flow of blood and cause internal bleeding. According to the Sydney Children's Hospital, AVMs usually form during development or shortly after birth. They are often only found if they start bleeding, but can be detected using medical imaging techniques like MRIs, CT scans and angiograms. Loading Angiograms are considered the gold standard of diagnosing AVMs, which are treatable through surgery, radiosurgery or endovascular treatment. Jane's medical documents from 2017 onwards show conflicting reports about the presence of an AVM, and that Morris' repeated requests for an angiogram did not eventuate. In a 2017 letter between neurologists and PCH, obtained by Morris under Freedom of Information laws, it was revealed an MRI taken found a possible AVM, but it was not conclusive and would require an angiogram. The doctor said there was a risk associated with the angiogram, and they had discussed whether they outweighed the risk of the AVM haemorrhaging. That same letter noted Morris was 'very keen' to do the angiogram and the doctor agreed to do it if the Neurological Intervention and Imaging Service of WA supported the move. In a separate letter from December 2018, NIISWA found there was 'no evidence' of an AVM after an enhanced MRI scan. Jane never received an angiogram, and in all her annual care plans until her death, it was noted a brain lesion spotted in the past MRI was 'not an AVM'. 'No further investigation, surgery or intervention is required from NIISWA point of view,' it said. However, discharge summaries from several hospital visits from March 2020 until her final visit, seen by this masthead, clearly stated she did have an AVM. Jane's final discharge notice notes her brain bleed was thought to be caused by a small AVM, which was 'noted on previous MRI image series'. This conflicts with the SAC1 report, where a panel found previous scans 'did not demonstrate an AVM or other vascular lesion for which prior neurological intervention would have indicated.' Morris says she only noticed mentions of the AVM on Jane's discharge summaries after her death. She says had she been alerted sooner, she would have pushed harder for more scans and treatment. 'I'm of the understanding that she doesn't have one. I'm her primary carer. I have a special guardianship order for this child, she's my child. I'm raising her, and I'm told by doctors she doesn't have one,' she says. Morris claims Jane's Indigenous background and disabilities may have been a factor in her struggle to get her properly diagnosed. 'In seven years why did they not do it? Because she's Indigenous, because she was special needs? What are their answers?' she said. 'No faith' in Aishwarya's CARE call During Jane's final days in hospital, Morris did not activate the Aishwarya CARE call system – the system implemented in WA hospitals after Aishwarya Aswath's death in 2021 to help parents escalate their concerns. Both Morris and the clinical incident report concede Morris had made her concerns heard enough to have senior medical staff in the room, but Morris says she had no faith in the system. 'Why would I? I already have [senior doctors] treating my child, and they won't listen to me. Who is going to take notice of me at 10 o'clock at night?' she says. Morris' concerns around the Aishwarya CARE call system concerned family advocate Suresh Rajan, who also helped Aishwarya's parents in the aftermath of their daughter's death. 'When the Aishwarya CARE call was implemented, the then-health minister, now premier, wrote to us to advise that the system was to 'change the culture of the WA Health Service so that patients and caregivers were listened to',' he says. 'It would appear that four years after Aishwarya's death that nothing has changed.' What needs to change Morris is furious at the handling of Jane's care and subsequent investigations, including the SAC1 report, which suggested her death was not preventable. She says she did not have the opportunity to address the panel conducting the report, nor respond to its findings. She wants Hammat's support to launch a coronial inquest into her daughter's care and death and is demanding a raft of changes in hospital accountability. These include more accountability of individual doctor decision-making, laws to force doctors to act on observations and concerns of parents, establishing an independent medical investigation body and more transparency around investigations. 'Parents are right' Health Minister Meredith Hammat, who attended Jane's funeral, confirmed she would reach out to Morris to discuss her concerns, but would not say whether she supported her request for a coronial inquest. '[Jane] was an incredible little girl and loved by many people in our community,' she said. 'I've spoken with Sharyn many times over the years, most recently just a few weeks ago. Sharyn is a strong woman and a fearless advocate, and I'm sorry for her loss. 'I won't discuss the details of our meetings, but it is my firm view that parents and guardians should be listened to. They know their child best. 'Our conversations are ongoing, and I will continue to support Sharyn as both her local member and Minister for Health to ensure she gets the answers she needs.' A Child and Adolescent Health Service spokesman said they could not discuss confidential patient details.
