Deceased
Peter Glen
Demographics
52y, male
Coroner
Decision ofDeputy State Coroner Magistrate Elizabeth Ryan
Date of death
2019-08-09
Finding date
2020-05-08
Cause of death
hepatic failure secondary to hepatocellular carcinoma which developed from cirrhosis of the liver, caused by chronic alcoholism and hepatitis C
AI-generated summary
Peter Glen, aged 52, died from hepatic failure secondary to hepatocellular carcinoma developed from cirrhosis caused by chronic alcoholism and hepatitis C. He was an inmate at Long Bay Correctional Centre when diagnosed with end-stage cancer in March 2019, three weeks after incarceration. He received appropriate medical care including specialist hepatic review, transarterial chemoembolization, palliative admission to Westmead Hospital, and subsequent transfer to the correctional hospital's medical subacute unit on an end-of-life care plan. The coroner found no evidence of deficiency in his medical management. His death resulted from natural disease progression in the setting of established cirrhosis and hepatitis C, with no preventable factors identified.
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