A second public hospital patient in Tasmania's north-west had a heart attack that was "missed", despite it being clearly shown in ECG test results, a coroner has found.
Neville Ernest Wade, 80, died at the North West Regional Hospital (NWRH) in Burnie on August 18, 2019.
The case is similar to that of 83-year-old Beryl Jean Ridgeon, whose heart attack was "completely missed" by the Mersey Community Hospital in December 2019, another inquest found.
Coroner Simon Cooper said Mr Wade, a retired bus driver, went to hospital for a knee operation on August 15 and three days later developed abdominal pain and a chest cough.
Mr Wade was reviewed by a medical emergency team (MET) and an electrocardiogram (ECG) test was done.
"His medical records do not record any comment in relation to [the ECG]," Mr Cooper wrote in his findings.
He said the ECG showed a heart attack, which appeared to have been overlooked.
Mr Cooper said the Health Department reviewed Mr Wade's death.
"The result of that review acknowledged that the ICU team attending the MET call on 15 August 2019 'did not adequately interpret the ECG and this had been fed back to them,'" he wrote.
Mr Cooper said a number of improvements were made at the hospital after Mr Wade's death.
"Those improvements include the establishment of a new cardiology team," he wrote.
Another ECG missed at a Tasmanian hospital
In separate coronial findings released in February, Mr Cooper found Beryl Jean Ridgeon may not have died if her ECG results had been properly read at the Mersey Community Hospital at Latrobe.
In his report on Ms Ridgeon's death, Mr Cooper found the medical staff involved in her treatment had "completely missed" the fact she had had a heart attack.
In February, the Tasmanian Health Service said the Mersey Community Hospital had made changes following Ms Ridgeon's death.
