Coroner's Finding: COLLINS Robert Edwin

64y · Male·end-stage interstitial lung disease

Robert Edwin Collins, aged 64, died in Yatala Labour Prison from end-stage interstitial lung disease. He had advanced pulmonary fibrosis, recurrent pneumonia, obesity, and poor mobility. Following hospitalisation at Royal Adelaide Hospital for pneumonia in August 2015, a resuscitation plan was established documenting he was not for resuscitation. He received appropriate palliative and comfort care at the prison health centre from 1 September until his death on 19 September 2015. The coroner found the medical treatment during incarceration and hospitalisation was lawful and appropriate, with no criticisms of care provided. No recommendations were made.