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59y · Female·mixed prescription drug and alcohol toxicity (ethanol, diazepam, fluoxetine, and…
Julie Gaye Williams, 59, died from mixed prescription drug and alcohol toxicity with aspiration of gastric contents. She had extensive psychiatric history including depression, PTSD, bipolar disorder, and alcohol depende…
46y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury in the setting of plastic bag asphyxia
Michelle Williams, a 46-year-old woman with longstanding schizophrenia and depression, died from hypoxic brain injury due to plastic bag asphyxia while an involuntary inpatient in a psychiatric unit. On 27 August 2016, d…
28y · Male·MRSA sepsis
Mahmoud Allam, a 28-year-old man, died from MRSA sepsis whilst in custody at Parklea Correctional Centre. He initially presented with upper respiratory symptoms on 11 June 2016, followed by increasing symptoms including …
40y · Female·The medical cause of death was unable to be determined. Manner of death: uninten…
Christine Young, a 40-year-old Aboriginal woman with paranoid schizophrenia, absconded from a locked mental health inpatient unit and walked into desert scrubland where she died. Critical clinical lessons include: (1) fa…
24y · Female·multiple injuries from jumping off Bulla Road overpass onto Tullamarine Freeway
Renee Treen, aged 24, died by suicide from the Bulla Road overpass while an involuntary psychiatric patient. Critical failures included: inadequate assessment of suicide risk (prior freeway-adjacent behaviour not weighte…
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