{"id":94473,"date":"2026-03-06T14:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T09:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/nsw-coroner-very-troubled-by-health-policy-change-after-stolen-generations-member-dies-in-custody\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T14:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T09:00:10","slug":"nsw-coroner-very-troubled-by-health-policy-change-after-stolen-generations-member-dies-in-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/nsw-coroner-very-troubled-by-health-policy-change-after-stolen-generations-member-dies-in-custody\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW coroner \u2018very troubled\u2019 by health policy change after Stolen Generations member dies in custody"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nqenglish-card-frame\">\n<div class=\"nqenglish-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/36475c025f51818be6a2420895f45864a5c236f2\/716_0_3540_2832\/master\/3540.jpg?width=1200&#038;height=630&#038;quality=85&#038;auto=format&#038;fit=crop&#038;precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&#038;overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&#038;overlay-width=100p&#038;overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&#038;enable=upscale&#038;s=1a45ecd1ccd34bc6dd28d66fd12b6450\" alt=\"NSW coroner \u2018very troubled\u2019 by health policy change after Stolen Generations member dies in custody\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"nqenglish-cat lang-en\">\u090f\u0928 \u0936\u0949\u0930\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0938'<\/div>\n<div class=\"nqenglish-headline\">NSW coroner \u2018very troubled\u2019 by health policy change after Stolen Generations member dies in custody<\/div>\n<div class=\"nqenglish-summary\">Yuin man Gregory Merriman did not have a chronic health screening before suffering a fatal heart attack in Silverwater prison in 2022Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA NSW coroner who investigated the death in custody of a member of the Stolen Generations has criticised plans to delay health screenings for Indigenous inmates, saying it could result in problems being missed.Gregory Merriman, a 58-year-old Yuin man and direct descendant of revered Yuin leader Umbarra, died at Silverwater\u2019s Metropolitan Reception and Remand Centre (MRRC) in Sydney\u2019s western suburbs in December 2022.Indigenous Australians can call 13YARN on 13 92 76 for information and crisis support Continue reading&#8230;<\/div>\n<div class=\"nqenglish-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2026\/mar\/06\/nsw-coroner-troubled-health-policy-change-after-stolen-generations-member-dies-in-custody-ntwnfb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"nqenglish-disclaimer\">Technically enhanced content presented under fair use in public-interest journalism.<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>N Shorts NSW coroner \u2018very troubled\u2019 by health policy change after Stolen Generations member dies in custody Yuin<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":94474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowl-PACw:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-shorts-en"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}