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56y · Male·Probable cardiac arrhythmia
Stephen Russell Harris, a 56-year-old man with a long history of schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, died of probable cardiac arrhythmia while an involuntary patient at Spencer Clinic on 18 December 2014. He pres…
36y · Male·Complications of Cerebral Palsy
Paul Hardy was a 36-year-old man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, blindness and epilepsy who died from complications of his cerebral palsy while in palliative care. He had experienced progressive deteriorati…
49y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest due to myocardial infarction with …
Trevor William Brown, a 49-year-old Aboriginal man with chronic schizophrenia, died from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest due to acute myocardial infarction with right coronary artery thrombosis while in psy…
21y · Male·combined effect of a cocktail of drugs taken by him, which caused central nervou…
Paul Fennessy, 21 years old, died from a cocktail of drugs causing central nervous system and respiratory depression with positional asphyxia on 6 January 2010. He had a decade-long history of polysubstance abuse, doctor…
21y · Male·combined effect of a cocktail of drugs causing central nervous system depression…
Paul Fennessy, a 21-year-old with polysubstance addiction and mental health issues, died from positional asphyxia following a drug overdose on 6 January 2010. He presented to the Emergency Department that afternoon after…
31y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
A 31-year-old woman with long-standing opioid dependence enrolled in the Queensland Opioid Treatment Program died from mixed drug toxicity, with toxic levels of Fentanyl and other drugs in her system. A general practitio…
36y · Male·Hanging
A 36-year-old male prisoner with complex psychiatric history, substance use disorder, and recent cancer diagnosis died by hanging in prison. Recent mental health assessments (within 3 days) had classified him as low suic…
30y · Female·Hanging
A 30-year-old woman with borderline personality disorder, substance abuse history, and exposure to multiple family suicides (father, close friend, partner's mother) presented to Emergency Department after self-harm and s…
91y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to inanition complicating prolonged delirium of uncertai…
Gordon Charles Smith, 91, died from multi-organ failure due to severe malnutrition (inanition) complicating prolonged delirium of unknown cause at Repatriation General Hospital on 30 July 2014. He had been admitted volun…
38y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism due to bilateral deep calf vein thrombi
A 38-year-old man with schizo-affective disorder, bipolar disorder, and asthma presented to the emergency department with presumed pneumonia based on fever, pleuritic chest pain, and respiratory symptoms. His general pra…
51y · Female·Bronchopneumonia and cerebral infarction in a woman with cerebral palsy
A 51-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and swallowing difficulties suffered a stroke on 10 July 2015, presenting with right-sided facial droop and hemiparesis. Initial investigations at North East Health were…
40y · Male·Unascertained; likely cardiac arrhythmia secondary to cardiomegaly and morbid ob…
Peter John William Fallon, aged 40, died in the psychiatric intensive care unit at Queen Elizabeth Hospital on 2 February 2013 of unascertained cause. He had bipolar affective disorder, was on antipsychotic therapy, and …
62y · Female·Stomach perforation complicating recurrent pseudo-obstruction of the bowel
Linda Tucker, a 62-year-old woman with intellectual disability and history of recurrent pseudo-obstruction, presented with acute abdominal distension and was admitted to hospital with findings suspicious of perforation. …
60y · Female·multiple injuries from being run over by boat trailer
Elizabeth Allen, age 60, died from multiple crush injuries when run over by a boat trailer near Muchea, Western Australia in November 2012. She was a passenger in a vehicle being driven by her husband. The coroner found …
41y · Male·Pheniramine toxicity
David Scrofano, 41, died from pheniramine toxicity following an overdose of antihistamine tablets. He had a long history of schizophrenia, acquired brain injury, and poly-substance abuse. When found by police behaving er…
60y · Female·Complications of metastatic melanoma in the setting of neck of femur fracture fo…
Susan Ruth Lovell, a 60-year-old woman, died from complications of metastatic melanoma in the setting of a neck of femur fracture sustained during a fall. A skin lesion on her left calf, noted in January 2010, was clinic…
51y · Female·Ischaemic heart disease
Pauline Margaret Dodd, 51, died of ischaemic heart disease at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital on 4 March 2014. She was an involuntary psychiatric patient with long-standing bipolar affective disorder, complicated by childh…
52y · Female·gunshot wound to head
Leanne Patterson, 52, was shot and killed by her husband Neil in a murder-suicide on 5-6 January 2013. She had been sedated with clonazepam (prescribed to her husband) and zolpidem at the time of her death. The death occ…
39y · Male·Infective endocarditis, with intravenous drug use as a contributing factor
Marc Vella, a 39-year-old man with schizophrenia and intravenous drug use, presented to St Vincent's Hospital with respiratory symptoms and chest pain. Clinical assessment identified pneumonia, septicaemia, and possible …
60y · Male·medication overdose
Bruce Andrews, a 60-year-old man with major depression and anxiety, died from medication overdose following relationship breakdown and acute alcohol intoxication. He fell from his porch, called his granddaughter reportin…
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