Deceased
Faye Maree Cosgrave
Demographics
65y, female
Date of death
2023-06-09
Finding date
2024-11-11
Cause of death
Catastrophic cerebellar haemorrhage with pulmonary embolic, subarachnoid haemorrhage, and hypertension
AI-generated summary
Faye Cosgrave, a 65-year-old NDIS participant in specialist disability accommodation, presented with vomiting and speech difficulties on 7 June 2023. She was found unresponsive the following day and admitted to hospital with a brain bleed. She died from catastrophic cerebellar haemorrhage with contributing pulmonary embolism, subarachnoid haemorrhage, and hypertension. The coroner found no evidence of inadequate clinical management by either the disability support provider or hospital staff. The death resulted from natural causes. Early recognition of neurological symptoms (vomiting, speech difficulty) might have prompted earlier hospital assessment, though the acute nature of intracranial haemorrhage means prognosis would likely have remained poor regardless.
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