Deceased
Neville Ernest Mills
Demographics
66y, male
Coroner
Coroner David Ryan
Date of death
2021-07-15
Finding date
2022-09-27
Cause of death
Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
AI-generated summary
A 66-year-old man presented to the Emergency Department with left-sided abdominal pain on 14 July 2021. After waiting over 6 hours in a crowded ED with restricted access to treatment spaces, he left without medical assessment, believing his symptoms were not severe. He returned to a regional hospital 8 hours later with worsening pain and was diagnosed with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, dying shortly after. The coroner found the death may have been preventable had he been seen earlier or remained in the ED, but identified the underlying cause as systemic access block—overcrowding in the ED with insufficient inpatient bed capacity. No adverse findings were made against individual staff members, recognizing this as a widespread health system crisis affecting emergency care capacity across Victoria.
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