Deceased
KEVIN FRANCIS HAM
Demographics
63y, male
Date of death
2010-07-27
Finding date
2011-04-15
Cause of death
coronary artery atherosclerosis (coronary artery disease in a man with renal impairment)
AI-generated summary
Kevin Francis Ham, 63-year-old man with intellectual disability, was a long-term resident of the E W Tipping Department of Human Services residential care facility in Reservoir, Victoria. On the morning of 27 July 2010, he was found unresponsive on the floor beside his bed by a support worker and was pronounced deceased. Post-mortem examination by a forensic pathologist revealed coronary artery atherosclerosis as the cause of death. The coroner found that Kevin died of natural causes and that the care he received at E W Tipping facility was within normal parameters of reasonable health care management. The coroner commended the facility's standard of care through a statement from Kevin's brother praising the facility's dedication and family-like treatment of clients.
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