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REVEALED: Medication may have prevented tas death | Rare Historical Photos

A woman may have survived a clot if prescribed blood-thinning medication, a coroner has found. (Ethan James/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

The death of a teacher's aide who suffered deep vein thrombosis following an immobilising ankle injury may not have occurred if she had been prescribed blood-thinning medication, a Tasmanian coroner has found.

Jessica Rose-Aida Borton, 43, fell over in a car park on October 4 last year and was initially given crutches and a moon boot for her injury.

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