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VICaged care2022-10-27

Finding into death of Gary William Kennedy

71y · Male·Sudden death in a man with chronic aspiration pneumonia, COVID-19 infection, sch…

Gary Kennedy, a 71-year-old man with Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, and seizure disorder living in a disability care facility, died from sudden death associated with chronic aspiration pneumonia…

geriatric medicinerespiratory medicinebenzotropine
VIChome2026-07-24

Finding into death of Wayne Douglas Scott

51y · Male·High blood alcohol and positional asphyxia in a man with cerebral palsy and acqu…

…from high blood alcohol and positional asphyxia at his home in Lalor, Victoria. He had cerebral palsy, low vision, dysarthria, depression, and acquired brain injury from a drug overdose more than 20 years prior, receivin…

general practicepsychiatryalcohol
VICmental health2024-09-30

Finding into death of Erol Elmas

31y · Male·undetermined

Erol Elmas, a 31-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder, died in custody at Thomas Embling Hospital on 30 November 2022. The cause of death remains undetermined …

psychiatryemergency medicinesystemdelayzuclopenthixol acetate
VIChome2026-06-19

Finding into death of Annette Kelly

74y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia

Annette Kelly, 74 years old, died from aspiration pneumonia at Wantirna Palliative Care after brief hospitalisation at Box Hill Hospital in October 2025. She was a long-term Specialist Disability Accommodation resident w…

general practiceinfectious diseases
VIChospital2024-05-16

Finding into death of Roderick James Milner

53y · Male·Refractory seizures secondary to Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (palliated); pneumonia

A 53-year-old man with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and refractory seizures presented to hospital on 30 March 2024 with increased seizure activity. During admission, he could not receive oral anti-epileptics due to poor swall…

neurologypalliative care
SAmental health2025-04-17

Coroner's Finding: Furlan, Mark John & Miller, Richard John

Male·Mark John Furlan: hypoxic brain injury due to acute neck compression due to hang…

… continuous rather than close observations, and that key psychiatric warnings (paranoid comments, thought-disordered writings) were not adequately communicated to treating psychiatrist Dr S., who should have reassessed a…

psychiatryemergency medicinediagnosticcommunicationescitalopram

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