Deceased
Kenneth Albert Hargreaves
Demographics
70y, male
Date of death
2017-03-05
Finding date
2017-08-31
Cause of death
Metastatic tumour in the setting of known renal and bowel cancer
AI-generated summary
Kenneth Albert Hargreaves, a 70-year-old man with extensive medical comorbidities including renal and bowel cancer, lymphoma, Parkinson's disease, and cardiac disease, died from metastatic tumour while imprisoned at Port Phillip Prison. He suffered a fall in February 2017, sustained a hip fracture, and was admitted to St Vincent's Hospital where surgery was deemed inappropriate given his advanced cancer and comorbidities. He deteriorated rapidly and was transitioned to palliative care on 3 March 2017, dying 2 days later. The coroner found medical care and management reasonable and appropriate, with no deficiencies identified. The death resulted from natural progression of advanced malignancy in a patient with multiple serious medical conditions.
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