Mother who lost her son to suicide calls for change to close gaps in health care system | ABC NEWS
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A mother grieving the loss of her child to suicide is speaking out about gaps in the health and mental health care systems she turned to for help. Days out from what would have been her son's 17th birthday, Darwin woman Gertrude Knight says she's sharing her painful lived experience in the hope of saving others from what her family went through. By Oliver Chaseling for ABC News Northern Territory. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-12/darwin-mothers-forum-call-for-change-in-nt-highest-suicide-rate/107141654 Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNEWS #ABCNEWSAustralia #ABCNEWSNT
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