Home / WorldOz mum and son lay dead in house for weekAAP1 Mar, 2012 01:26 AMQuick ReadSubscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Sign in hereListening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.SaveShareShare this articleCopy LinkEmailFacebookTwitter/XLinkedInRedditThe bodies may have gone undiscovered for more than a week. Photo / ThinkstockThe bodies may have gone undiscovered for more than a week. Photo / ThinkstockThe system has failed an elderly woman and a man believed to be her carer son, whose bodies have been found in a Brisbane house, doctors say.Police found the bodies of the woman, 83, and the man, 51, at a house at Enoggera on Wednesday afternoon. Media reports say the bodies may have gone undiscovered for more than a week. Police say they are not treating the deaths as suspicious and a report will be prepared for the coroner.Australian Medical Association Queensland president Richard Kidd says it is a tragic case.AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME."It's a system failure," he told reporters in Brisbane on Thursday."If we go back a couple of decades, the community was much stronger and there might have been a neighbour or someone checking on them on a regular basis."It speaks about community values breaking down."-AAPSaveShareShare this articleCopy LinkEmailFacebookTwitter/XLinkedInRedditLatest from WorldWorldNetanyahu expresses regret after three killed at Catholic church in GazaWorldBritish spies and special forces exposed in Afghan data leakWorldLegendary wingsuit daredevil dead after paraglider crashSponsoredSolar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night skyAdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.
