Sharon Jenkins of Newcastle wants answers from NSW Ambulance after her husband Tony Jenkins died by suicide in April

Simon McCarthy
Updated July 25 2018 - 9:52am, first published July 24 2018 - 9:00pm
NEEDING ANSWERS: Sharon Jenkins stands outside the Hamilton Ambulance station on Tuesday, waiting for answers from NSW Ambulance after her husband, Tony Jenkins, died by suicide in his paramedic's uniform on April 9. Photo: Simon McCarthy
NEEDING ANSWERS: Sharon Jenkins stands outside the Hamilton Ambulance station on Tuesday, waiting for answers from NSW Ambulance after her husband, Tony Jenkins, died by suicide in his paramedic's uniform on April 9. Photo: Simon McCarthy

Sharon Jenkins feels she has been forced to “humiliate herself” to get the answers from NSW Ambulance after her husband died by suicide in his paramedic’s uniform in April.

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Simon McCarthy

Simon McCarthy

Journalist, Newcastle Herald

Simon McCarthy is a journalist working at the Newcastle Herald in NSW. He writes news and features, and produces video and multimedia, for the Herald and Herald Weekender magazine. He contributes regularly to the Newcastle Herald’s daily Topics column, and is the co-creator and producer of the Toohey’s News podcast. McCarthy has worked as a journalist in regional NSW since 2013. He joined the newsroom of the Newcastle Herald in 2017 from the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he worked from 2015 to 2016.

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