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Finding into death of E A

Demographics

40y, male

Date of death

2018-03-01

Finding date

2019-07-23

Cause of death

unascertained natural cause

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A 40-year-old man in supported residential care was found unresponsive in bed and died. The cause of death was determined to be unascertained natural causes. The coroner found the death was reportable because he was a person in state care under the Department of Health and Human Services. No adverse clinical findings or preventable errors were identified in the investigation. The finding emphasises the importance of appropriate reporting of deaths in state-funded care settings and the coroner's role in investigating such deaths to establish facts and surrounding circumstances.

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