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19y · Female·multiple injuries sustained in a train incident
JVM was a 19-year-old with major depressive disorder, anxiety, and possible first-episode psychosis who died by suicide after jumping in front of a train. She had multiple psychiatric admissions and was under care of St …
23y · Female·unascertained
Olivia Gilfillan, aged 23, died between 1–5 February 2018 after nine years of psychiatric treatment for anorexia nervosa, obsessive-compulsive disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and borderline personality disorder. She …
44y · Female·Unascertained, presumed sudden cardiac death
44-year-old woman with schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder died unexpectedly in a psychiatric inpatient unit. She had obstructive sleep apnoea and was on multiple antipsychotic medications. On the night before h…
24y · Male·Haemorrhagic shock in the setting of a sharp force injury to the left arm
Jackson Stawicki, 24, died from haemorrhagic shock following a sharp force injury to his left arm while intoxicated with multiple illicit substances. He presented to the ED three times within 24 hours (4-5 September 2020…
51y · Male·complications of opiate toxicity; cardiac and respiratory arrest following drug …
Ziad Hamawy, a 51-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia and polysubstance use disorder, died from opiate toxicity after cardiac arrest following his discharge from Concord Hospital's mental health unit on 18 March 2019…
45y · Male·gunshot wound to the chest
DP, a 45-year-old with a history of methylamphetamine use and drug-induced psychosis/schizophrenia, attended Quakers Hill Police Station on 19 January 2016 with a knife intending to provoke police into shooting him. His …
32y · Female·combined drug toxicity, mainly heroin
Natasha Calleja, 32 years old, died from combined drug toxicity (mainly heroin) while an involuntary inpatient at Swanston Centre psychiatric unit after her de facto partner supplied heroin during an unsupervised visit. …
Christopher Salib: ischaemic heart disease with multiple prescription drug toxic…
This landmark inquest examined three deaths involving prescription drug toxicity: Christopher Salib (24, ischaemic heart disease with drug toxicity), Nathan Attard (34, multi-drug toxicity), and Shamsad Akhtar (35, multi…
28y · Male·hypoxic brain injury sustained during restraint in the foyer of the Acute Mental…
Lyji Vaggs, a 28-year-old Aboriginal man with schizophrenia, died from hypoxic brain injury sustained during restraint at Townsville Hospital's Acute Mental Health Unit on 13 April 2010. He had declined admission at ED o…
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