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44y · Female·Effects of fire
RTD, 44, died in a residential fire at her rented Sunshine West property on 17 January 2023. She was bedridden following an ankle injury since November 2022 and her mental health had declined significantly. A cigarette b…
44y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiac arrest in the setting of p…
Elizabeth Ferris, a 44-year-old woman with schizoaffective disorder and polysubstance use disorder, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following cardiac arrest in the setting of presumed drug toxicity. She was fo…
25y · Male·Combined drug toxicity
Harrison William Ladd, 25, died from combined drug toxicity involving clonazepam, dexamphetamine, codeine, diazepam and pholcodine. He had complex mental health and substance use disorder requiring specialist addiction c…
51y · Female·Unintentional prescription drug poisoning due to central nervous system depressi…
A 51-year-old woman with chronic pain, depression, and longstanding medication misuse died from unintentional prescription drug poisoning. She had been prescribed high-risk combinations of opioids and benzodiazepines ove…
28y · Male·Multiple head, facial and spinal injuries sustained in a single vehicle motorbik…
Joshua Tyrrell, 28, died from multiple head, facial and spinal injuries sustained in a motorbike crash on the Brooker Highway. He was riding at excessive speed and failed to maintain steering control through a bend. Toxi…
48y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (morphine, codeine, venlafaxine, amitriptyline and zopiclone…
A 48-year-old woman with depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder died from mixed drug toxicity while on voluntary inpatient psychiatric admission. She had undisclosed significant illicit drug use, which was not identif…
43y · Female·Subarachnoid haemorrhage due to a ruptured berry aneurysm
Trina McGrady, a 43-year-old Goomeroi woman, died from subarachnoid haemorrhage due to a ruptured berry aneurysm on 15 September 2020. She had been admitted to John Hunter Hospital following incidental discovery of two l…
27y · Male·heroin toxicity
A 27-year-old man died from heroin toxicity while on home detention bail. He had a history of depression, anxiety, and substance use (cannabis, methamphetamine, heroin). During home detention, he was compliant, engaged w…
48y · Male·gunshot wound to chest
Peter Owen Pilkington, 48, died from a gunshot wound sustained during a police siege on 6 December 2021. After escalating behaviour at his NDIS support office in Stretton, Queensland, Peter produced what police believed …
29y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (gabapentin, codeine, diazepam, oxycodone, doxylamine, prome…
A 29-year-old man died from mixed drug toxicity involving multiple CNS depressants. His GP, Dr X, had maintained an inappropriate three-year sexual relationship with the patient while prescribing escalating doses of opio…
42y · Female·Unascertained; possibly mixed drug toxicity (heroin and methylamphetamine) or sm…
Tracey Ellen Knowles, aged 42, was found deceased in a vehicle on 19 July 2021 from an unascertained cause. She had a history of heroin use and experienced family violence. Police misidentified her as the 'predominant ag…
31y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (heroin, bromazolam, metonitazine, protonitazene, methamphet…
Ryan Robinson, a 31-year-old man with longstanding opioid use disorder and complex mental health conditions, died from mixed drug toxicity involving heroin, novel psychoactive substances (nitazenes: metonitazene and prot…
68y · Male·Unascertained
JNY, a 68-year-old man, died from unascertained causes between 1-4 September 2020. His wife, RBT, administered temazepam-laced biscuits causing unconsciousness, then wrapped and placed him in a non-operational freezer. R…
32y · Male·1(a) Aspiration of gastric contents; 1(b) Combined drug toxicity
A 32-year-old Eritrean refugee died on 22 August 2017 in a mental health unit from aspiration of gastric contents and combined drug toxicity. During his six-day admission, Mr SWX received 64 doses of 11 medications with …
40y · Male·aspiration pneumonitis with acute alcoholic hepatitis, pancreatitis, mixed drug …
Trent Ian Johnston, a 40-year-old man with a history of chronic paranoid schizophrenia, alcohol and substance abuse, died from aspiration pneumonitis complicated by mixed drug toxicity (codeine, morphine, diazepam, parac…
43y · Male·methylamphetamine and heroin toxicity
A 43-year-old man died from methylamphetamine and heroin toxicity while on home detention bail. He had a complex psychiatric history including depression, psychosis, PTSD, and polysubstance use disorder, with previous su…
84y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease and coronary artery atherosclerosis in the setting of ty…
Jonathan Uphill, an 84-year-old man with extensive comorbidities including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and prior cardiac risk factors, died of ischaemic heart disease with coronary artery atherosclerosis. He underwent…
17y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
Dustin Buckley, 17, died from a gunshot wound to the head at Royal Melbourne Hospital on 27 August 2017. The incident occurred during target shooting at Cat Track when KD fired a .22 rifle that discharged, striking Dusti…
18y · Male·Heroin toxicity
Edward Grant Harris, an 18-year-old with autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, and borderline intellectual function, died from heroin toxicity in his supported accommodation. He had a complex history of behavioural challenges,…
68y · Female·Acute myocardial infarction and coronary artery atherosclerosis
A 68-year-old woman presented to St Vincent's Hospital emergency department with upper abdominal and left-sided chest pain following a stationary bicycle fall. Clinicians attributed her symptoms to codeine adverse reacti…
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