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70y · Male·Metastatic melanoma with ischaemic heart disease as a contributing condition
Francis Michael Fahey, a 70-year-old prisoner, died from metastatic melanoma with contributing ischaemic heart disease. He presented with a rapidly enlarging axillary mass in February 2023, confirmed as metastatic melano…
58y · Male·acute myocardial infarction caused by ischaemic heart disease
Gregory Merriman, a 58-year-old Aboriginal man, died from acute myocardial infarction caused by advanced ischaemic heart disease while in custody at Metropolitan Reception and Remand Centre on 27 December 2022. He experi…
80y · Female·Injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (driver)
An 80-year-old woman died from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision after likely experiencing a seizure or similar medical episode while driving. She had a history of traumatic brain injury from 1972 and a doc…
64y · Male·acute myocardial infarction in association with coronary artery atherosclerosis
Leslie Charles Linton, a 64-year-old man with severe triple-vessel coronary artery disease, presented to Royal Perth Hospital on 15 December 2023 with an infected foot wound and acute psychosis. Initial troponin elevatio…
55y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction secondary to coronary artery thrombosis due to coron…
Anthony Creaton, 55, died of acute myocardial infarction due to coronary artery thrombosis and atherosclerosis in prison custody. He presented with chest pain on 13 November 2022 (twice) and again on 14 November, but nur…
78y · Female·Complications of prolonged immobility and malnutrition in a woman with retroperi…
A 78-year-old woman with schizophrenia, depression, and undiagnosed retroperitoneal lymphoma died from septic shock complicating severe pressure ulcers, malnutrition, and dehydration. She had been immobile on a couch for…
68y · Male·Cerebrovascular disease
John Raymond Ainsworth, a 68-year-old prisoner, died of cerebrovascular disease following a severe stroke on 25 November 2020. He had poorly controlled Type II diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol. Prior to his a…
22y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
A 22-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia died by hanging while under guardianship with special powers of detention in supported independent living. He had attempted suicide by drinking bleach one month pr…
44y · Male·Cardiac arrhythmia on a background of hypertensive heart disorder, obesity, diab…
Michael Baker, a 44-year-old Aboriginal man in custody at Lithgow Correctional Centre, died from cardiac arrhythmia on 25 June 2019. He had multiple comorbidities (hypertensive heart disease, obesity, type 2 diabetes, un…
79y · Male·undetermined - presumed death following vehicle breakdown while attempting to wa…
Alan Leslie Graham, 79, disappeared from Angepena Station near Leigh Creek, South Australia between 30 April and 2 May 2016. He was an experienced traveller with a keen interest in geology who frequently visited remote p…
81y · Male·Head injury sustained in a fall
Michele Valentino, 81, died from a head injury sustained in a fall on 20 December 2019, with death occurring on 24 December 2019. A CT angiogram at 3:45pm showed worsening intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) that was not …
34y · Male·ischaemic heart disease secondary to coronary atherosclerosis as an antecedent c…
Reuben Button, a 34-year-old Aboriginal man, died in custody from ischaemic heart disease secondary to coronary atherosclerosis. During his 5-year imprisonment, his weight increased from 86kg to 162kg despite attempts at…
75y · Male·End-stage renal disease, with hypertension, ischaemic heart disease, and diabete…
Edgar Hugh Sandow, a 75-year-old First Nations man, died from end-stage renal disease while incarcerated at Princess Alexandra Hospital Secure Unit. He had multiple comorbidities including heart failure, diabetes, hypert…
68y · Female·Complications of a fall with contributing factors of respiratory failure, respir…
Irene Charlish, a 68-year-old woman with longstanding schizoaffective disorder and multiple comorbidities, fell at her residential facility on 6 June 2017, sustaining a pneumothorax and rib fracture. She was admitted to …
81y · Female·Cardiac tamponade secondary to dissection of ascending aorta
An 81-year-old woman with hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia presented to the ED with sudden-onset central chest pain radiating to the jaw. Despite appropriate initial assessment and ruling out acute coronary syndrom…
72y · Male·acute cerebral infarction complicating acute myocardial infarction
Ronald Bromage, aged 72, died from acute cerebral infarction complicating acute myocardial infarction. He presented with chest pain on 22 and 25 February 2016 to his GP, Dr P., who diagnosed costochondritis without perfo…
43y · Male·Hanging
William Epere, aged 43, died by hanging in custody at Dawn de Loas Correctional Centre on 10 January 2019. He had been remanded in custody for 27 days following repeated breaches of a domestic violence order, despite cle…
73y · Male·Coronary atherosclerosis with hypertension, diabetes mellitus, emphysema and per…
John William Chardon, a 73-year-old prisoner, died from coronary atherosclerosis with severe calcified atheroma causing >70% stenosis of coronary arteries. He presented with dizziness on 21 October 2020, which initially …
57y · Female·Combined features of moderately stenosed right coronary ostium, aortic valve reg…
Fiona Lebner, a 57-year-old woman with severe intellectual disability living in a group home, died suddenly from acute cardiac arrhythmia secondary to multiple heart abnormalities including aortic valve disease, mitral v…
62y · Female·Hypovolaemic and cardiogenic shock (hysterectomy) in the context of cardiomegaly…
A 62-year-old woman with significant comorbidities (cirrhosis, cardiomegaly, thrombocytopenia, chronic kidney disease, COPD) died from hypovolaemic and cardiogenic shock during elective total laparoscopic hysterectomy fo…
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