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43y · Male·methadone toxicity
Frank Coleman, a 43-year-old First Nations man, died of methadone toxicity after being supplied diverted methadone by another inmate while imprisoned at Long Bay Correctional Complex. Mr Coleman had repeatedly requested …
65y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease on a background of hypertension
John Kennedy, 65, died from ischaemic heart disease with hypertension on 16 April 2020 after a 24-minute delay in ambulance dispatch. He called triple zero at 00:19 with severe chest pain and difficulty breathing (Priori…
66y · Male·Multiple blunt force injuries
JSZ, a 66-year-old forensic patient with chronic paranoid schizophrenia, died by suicide while on unsupervised day leave from Cumberland Hospital's Bunya Unit on 20 September 2023. He jumped from a cliff at Queen Elizabe…
39y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to cardiorespiratory arrest due to methadon…
A 39-year-old woman with opioid dependency died from cardiac arrest caused by methadone toxicity. She had been prescribed up to six take-away doses of 120mg methadone per week by her GP under Queensland's Opioid Treatmen…
27y · Female·Hanging
Ms YPM, a 27-year-old woman with a long history of borderline personality traits, depression, anxiety and eating disorder, died by hanging on 17 May 2020. In the preceding two weeks, she presented to Alfred Hospital foll…
11y · Male·Brown snake envenomation
An 11-year-old boy died from brown snake envenomation after falling from a ride-on mower at a rural property. He exhibited early collapse symptoms (dizziness, vomiting, slurred speech) consistent with snake venom-induced…
71y · Male·Complications following a right hepatic artery injury following an open cholecys…
A 71-year-old man with myelofibrosis and prior abdominal surgery died from complications of a right hepatic artery injury during open cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis. The operative decision was reasonable and the…
86y · Female·Hypostatic pneumonia due to the consequences of a right pubic rami fracture and …
An 86-year-old woman with advanced dementia and frailty suffered an unwitnessed fall at her aged care facility. Initial assessment failed to identify pubic rami and hip fractures. Post-fall documentation was insufficient…
31y · Male·Hanging
31-year-old male with borderline personality disorder, alcohol use disorder, and history of self-harm died by hanging. He had multiple presentations to emergency services and mental health services from March to July 202…
52y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with end stage Huntington's disease
Christopher Kuric, a 52-year-old man with end-stage Huntington's disease residing in specialist residential care, died of aspiration pneumonia. He had documented swallowing difficulties managed by speech pathology and di…
42y · Female·Haemothorax and pneumonia in the setting of acute and chronic chest injuries and…
Narelle Simmons, 42, died from haemothorax and pneumonia secondary to rib fractures, with contributing factors of hepatic cirrhosis, chronic alcoholism, and multiple drugs (methadone, methylamphetamine, diazepam, sertral…
57y · Female·Multi-organ failure due to drug-induced liver injury caused by sodium valproate …
Mrs Doherty, a 57-year-old woman with CADASIL syndrome, was prescribed sodium valproate for migraine prophylaxis in November 2019. She developed acute hepatitis approximately 5 months later, presenting with jaundice, nau…
39y · Male·multiple gunshot wounds
Dima Thomson, a 39-year-old man with a history of alcohol-fuelled domestic violence incidents and mental health conditions, died from multiple gunshot wounds after police attended his home responding to a breach of an ap…
36y · Male·Ligature strangulation
Duke Schafer, 36-year-old prisoner, was murdered by fellow inmate Carl Bloomfield in May 2020 at Woodford Correctional Centre. Bloomfield strangled Schafer in an unsupervised laundry area during a period when officers we…
26y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to pneumococcal septic shock
A 26-year-old man presented with chest and abdominal pain, initially diagnosed with possible hepatitis based on elevated liver function tests. He developed an atypical blanched rash not recognised as varicella zoster (ch…
0y · Female·Perinatal asphyxia
Baby M was born at 38+4 weeks gestation in poor condition at The Royal Women's Hospital on 10 November 2022 and died at 24 minutes of age from perinatal asphyxia. Autopsy findings suggested cord compression occurring 4-6…
23y · Female·hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy and aspiration pneumonia as a result of hanging
BQ was a 23-year-old Aboriginal woman who died by hanging on the Paringa Ward at Cumberland Hospital while detained as an involuntary mental health patient. She had a complex psychiatric history with schizophrenia and bo…
3y · Female·Streptococcus pyogenes septicaemia
A three-year-old girl with Down syndrome died from Group A Streptococcus septicaemia after a 10-day illness. She presented four times to hospital (ED and rapid review clinic) over three days with fever, rash, and diarrho…
37y · Male·self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and neck
Matthew Lothian, aged 37, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and neck on 6 January 2021 in Wollongong. He was on medical escort from custody when he seized the firearm from Correctional Services Officer…
41y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Owen Weazel, a 41-year-old Wakka Wakka man with chronic mental health issues, substance use disorder and previous suicide attempts, was found hanging in his cell at Albany Regional Prison on 10 August 2023. He had been r…
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