The court has released information that deputy state coroner Anthony Schapel will hold a directions hearing into the deaths of Christopher McRae, 67, and Johanna Pinxteren, 76.
He will examine whether they were given the incorrect dosage of a chemotherapy drug Cytarabine
The court said in a statement Mr McRae’s death certificate stated he died of acute myeloid leukaemia on November 22, 2015 and had been treated by the RAH.
“During the course of treatment a question arose concerning the possible incorrect dosage of a chemotherapy drug, Cytarabine,” the statement said.
Mrs Pinxteren died on June 23, 2015 and the cause of her death was stated on her death certificate as “e-coli bacteraemia secondary to refractory acute myeloid leukaemia”.
She had received the chemotherapy drug Cytarabine.
Earlier this year a review by the government department SA Health found five patients at the RAH and five at Flinders Medical Centre received one dose of a chemotherapy drug per day, instead of two, over a six-month period from July 2014 to January last year.
A directions hearing will be held on July 7.