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Indonesian police probe death of Australian woman in Bali who dies after dental procedure
- Indonesian authorities are also yet to reveal autopsy results of 25-year-old Niamh Loader, whose dental procedure was reportedly successful
- Some netizens are calling for the inclusion of dental care in Medicare, Australia’s public-funded health insurance scheme
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Indonesian police have launched a probe into the mysterious death of an Australian woman who visited Bali for dental treatment earlier this month.
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Niamh Finneran Loader, a master’s student at the University of Western Australia, died on December 2 under unclear circumstances.
Indonesian authorities are also yet to reveal the results of Loader’s autopsy as her family flew to the holiday island to repatriate the 25-year-old’s body home.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said it was providing consular help to Loader’s family.
Loader went to Bali for medical treatment that was reportedly successful.
“She was here to have minor dental treatment and was very happy with the results,” her father Malcolm Loader told The West Australian newspaper. “We have no idea [what the cause of her death was] at this stage.”
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The student was due to travel to the United States in January for a scholarship from the Mannkal Economic Education Foundation.
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