Gemma Thoms (right) with her mother Peta. Gemma died after taking ecstasy tablets at the 2009 Big Day Out in Perth. Pic. Supplied Source: PerthNow
INADEQUATE medical facilities at the 2009 Big Day Out festival in Perth contributed to the death of a teenager who took three ecstasy tablets after panicking that she would be caught with them, a coroner has ruled.
Gemma Thoms was just 17 when she collapsed at the festival, having earlier told paramedics that she had only taken "dexi'' - a slang term for dexedrine - and lied to paramedics that she was 18.
After being allowed to return to the festival, Ms Thoms had to be rushed to hospital soon after, but coroner Dominic Mulligan said her organs had effectively been "cooked'' before she got there.
"Ms Thoms did not know that after she swallowed the third tablet she had just consumed a fatal quantity of ecstasy, which in the context of a very hot day, would inexorably lead to her death unless she was extremely lucky,'' Mr Mulligan said.
Ruling Ms Thoms' death as accidental, Mr Mulligan said although medical services were within guidelines at the time of the 2009 festival, they were "inadequate'' to deal with a major medical emergency.
Guidelines and facilities have been upgraded since, with the coroner visiting this year's festival and saying the medical facilities were now in excess of what was required.
Mr Mulligan said the WA Health Department should revise guidelines to make sure similar events had the same level of medical resources as this year's Big Day Out.
Peta Davies, Ms Thoms' mother, said she was proud that improvements had been made to the festival's medical infrastructure after her daughter's death.
"I'm really proud of her (Gemma). I love her. She made a terrible mistake but I couldn't ask for anything better to come out of this situation,'' Mrs Davies said.
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