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A helping hand for our furry friends A free health check-up arrived in town at Cranbourne Community House on Wednesday 29 May, offering solace to the pet owners and dusting the financial strain off amid the cost-of-living crisis. Vaccines, microchipping, flea and worm treatment, behavioural advice, resources, and pet food were the services provided on the day. Story page 4
Animal attendant Dane Bath with Sima, a four-month-old cat. 408358 Picture: GARY SISSONS
A father’s loss By Emily Woods, AAP A father has cried as he detailed missed opportunities in the months before his 18-year-old son died from bleeding near his brain after collapsing at a suburban boxing gym. George Diamond, an apprentice carpenter from Pearcedale, was taken to hospital following a sparring session at Sting Gym in Cranbourne, in February 2019. He was getting back into boxing after taking a break following a concussion four months earlier. Sadly, the teen could not be saved and he died at The Alfred on 21 February, 2019. An autopsy found Mr Diamond’s death was
caused by an “acute subdural haemorrhage, operated in a setting of martial arts activity”, the Coroners Court in Melbourne was told on Tuesday 4 June. “There was also evidence of an older subdural haemorrhage,” counsel assisting Gideon Boas said. “George reportedly sustained a symptomatic head injury in October 2018 during the practice of martial arts.” Mr Diamond was sparring when his opponent hit him in the groin and repeatedly in the head on 25 October, 2018. His father Vic recalled Mr Diamond return-
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ing home from the gym that night and not being himself. “He told me, ‘I got hurt at boxing, the gym checked me out, gave me a Gatorade and he let me drive home 20 minutes afterwards’,” he told the court. “My question is, why didn’t they call an ambulance? There’s three medical centres a kilometre radius of the gym, why didn’t they take him to one of those medical centres?” The following day, Mr Diamond went to work but his boss sent him home because he was vomiting, which was when Vic decided to take his son to the doctor.
He told the GP he was vomiting, dizzy, had headaches and back pain, and she sent him away but said to bring him back if it continued. Mr Diamond’s condition did not improve so they returned to see a different doctor, and were again told to give it a few days before bringing him back, Vic said. No MRI or CT scans were ordered, but the teen was sent to undergo blood tests. His symptoms continued, causing the father and son to visit Frankston Hospital on 5 November where he was diagnosed with concussion. Continued page 10
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