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Mail 7news Home Free 7news video Story info Top stories National Business World Showbiz Sport About 7news Contact us News tips Viewer surveys Search this site the web National stories Accused baby killer cries in Vic court Date: 01/03/06 By Kate Lahey A Victorian woman accused of murdering four of her children cried in court as she listened to the triple-0 emergency call she made when one of her daughters stopped breathing.

Carol Matthey, 26, of Geelong, dabbed her eyes and nose with a tissue as prosecutors played a recording of the call she made to the emergency number on April 7, 2003.

Her lawyer Gerard Mullaly asked for the recording to be stopped after it faltered several times in Melbourne Magistrates' Court.

"It's very upsetting, my client says she doesn't need a break, but this is a very upsetting aspect of the case," Mr Mullaly said.

Magistrate Duncan Reynolds and the prosecution agreed the court could rely on the transcript of the call.

The phone call began with Matthey telling operator Lynn Purcell that her three-year-old daughter Shania had fallen from a coffee table, started screaming and stopped breathing.

Ms Purcell asked several questions, then asked whether there was another baby in the room.

In the witness box, Ms Purcell said she believed she could hear a baby whimper in the background.

Matthey replied that she did not have another baby but that the television was on.

Ms Purcell transferred Matthey's call to ...

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As of Jan.

1, Medicare recipients can buy their medicine through plans offered by private insurance companies.

Beneficiaries choose plans based on what they can afford and the drugs they need.

Medicare will help pay drug costs.

People with significantly low incomes can get financial help from Social Security.

But the Fitzwaters belong to a portion of beneficiaries who have too much to get help from the government but cannot afford a drug plan.

With a combined monthly income of about $1,900, the only way the Calhoun County couple could afford the $900 in drugs they need each month was through low-cost drug programs run by pharmaceutical companies.

Many companies plan to close the so-called patient assistance programs, or PAPs, to Medicare beneficiaries in the next few months.

"I don't see why life is worth living for us anymore," Ruth Fitzwater said, her 64-year-old eyes red and brimming with tears.

"You think you have somewhere to turn and someone to help you when you get ...

...ba href=/panic disorder/a/b called agoraphobia, has been afraid to leave her house.

She managed to find work for a time, at a company partly owned by a man who also had a ba href=/panic disorder/a/b.

He gave her a private office in a house, to make her feel at home and to shield her from the office bustle that could bring on attacks.

But three and a half years into the job, even those accommodations were no longer enough.

Her husband left her, and her 19-year-old daughter, who drove her to work, married and moved out.

For the latest breaking news, visit NYTimes.com Sign up to receive top headlines Get Dealbook, a daily corporate finance email briefing Search the jobs listings at NYTimes.com Search NYTimes.com: Today's News Past Week Past 30 Days Past 90 Days Past Year Since 1996 "All of a sudden the panic attacks got out of control," Post said.

"I don't drive, so I didn't know what I would do." After a year with no job, she came across Willow, an outsourcing company that was starting a program to train at-home workers to take calls for companies like Teleflora and Palm.

Today, she works from home in Deltona, Fla., sets her own working hours and supports herself.

And the panic attacks have subsided.

"It's been a godsend," she said.

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