Tamsyn White, who was detained with the Indigenous woman, tells hearing she asked officers to take Tilberoo to the hospital
“I just felt pretty sick … like why didn’t I do more? Why didn’t I say something or buzz [the watch house officers]?”
White said she felt uncomfortable speaking out about Tilberoo’s condition at the time as she had court matters pending and had also felt that officers were “slack”.“[The watch house officers] sit around and talk, watch the footy on the TV, eat, heat up food – they don’t really give any attention. I know I’m not at a hotel and they don’t need to attend to me all the time, but they don’t really care.
Watch house nurse John Gommersall told the inquest that he could “not recall” seeing Tilberoo vomit, but remembered she was quite thin. He said she had been using up to $300 of heroin a day before her arrest and was undergoing withdrawal. Gommersall said Tilberoo had declined to see a nurse for several days before eventually agreeing to see them on 9 September.
“We formulated the plan to treat her opioid withdrawal symptoms. She said she was having problems with swallowing and eating and drinking. And we were helping that plan to be instigated,” he told the inquest.
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