Deceased
Sharanjeev Singh Johal
Demographics
48y, male
Date of death
2024-06-21
Finding date
2024-11-01
Cause of death
Pneumonia (Klebsiella and COVID-19) complicating motor neurone disease
AI-generated summary
A 48-year-old man with motor neurone disease died from pneumonia (Klebsiella and COVID-19) while in full-time supported accommodation. He contracted COVID-19 in the week before death, and his condition rapidly declined despite continued positive communication. Care staff appropriately advised family to attend when his clinical status deteriorated. The death resulted from natural causes—a predictable complication of advanced motor neurone disease. The coroner's finding indicates the death was handled appropriately with no suggestions of preventable factors or clinical failures. This case underscores the importance of recognising acute deterioration in patients with progressive neurological disease and ensuring timely family involvement during end-of-life situations.
AI-generated summary and tagging — may contain inaccuracies; refer to original finding for legal purposes.
Specialties
Clinical conditions
1y · Female·Rapidly developing Streptococcus pneumoniae infection leading to invasive pneumo…
Arianna Maragol, a 16-month-old girl, died from rapidly developing Streptococcus pneumoniae infection leading to invasive pneumococcal disease while in childcare on 24 August 2018. Key clinical lessons emerged: (1) Pneum…
61y · Male·Pneumonia complicating Trisomy 21
Graham Peter Moore, a 61-year-old man with Down syndrome, epilepsy, and early-onset dementia living in residential care, died of pneumonia on 8 December 2025. He developed community-acquired pneumonia in late November, w…
85y · Male·Sepsis due to Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia due to septic arthritis of left …
An 85-year-old man died in custody from sepsis due to Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia arising from septic arthritis of the left shoulder, on a background of congestive heart failure. While receiving generally adequate …
Source and disclaimer
This page reproduces or summarises information from publicly available findings published by Australian coroners' courts. Coronial is an independent educational resource and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting on behalf of any coronial court or government body.
Content may be incomplete, reformatted, or summarised. All court orders for redaction and non-publication are respected; documents with technically defective redaction have been excluded from the database entirely. Always refer to the original court publication for the authoritative record.
Copyright in original materials remains with the relevant government jurisdiction. AI-generated summaries and tagging are for educational purposes only, may contain inaccuracies, and must not be treated as legal documents. We welcome feedback for correction —