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 WorldWorld|UpdatedSyria pulling troops from Druze heartland after US requestWorld7.3-magnitude quake strikes off Alaska, tsunami warning issuedWorldWorld-first IVF trial reduces risk of babies inheriting diseasesSponsoredSolar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night skyAdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.
