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67y · Male·Congestive cardiac failure
Martin Leach, a 67-year-old man serving a life sentence, died from congestive cardiac failure with atrial fibrillation and dilated cardiomyopathy. He had consistently refused life-prolonging medical treatments and comple…
66y · Male·infectious complications of plasmablastic myeloma
Mati Tamwoy, a 66-year-old Aboriginal man, died in ICU from infectious complications of plasmablastic myeloma after 661 days on remand. He received excellent oncological care including chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Howe…
0y · Male·Trisomy 21 with complex cardiac anomalies complicated by pulmonary hypertension,…
Baby G, born with Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome) and complex cardiac anomalies, died at Royal Darwin Hospital on 18 March 2023 aged 6 months. The coroner found that non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) should have been offer…
37y · Male·Complications due to atherosclerotic heart disease and dyslipidaemia
Glen Dooley, a 37-year-old Aboriginal man, died of atherosclerotic heart disease and dyslipidaemia while in custody at Darwin Correctional Centre. His death was avoidable. He had abnormal ECGs in 2019 and 2022 that were …
77y · Male·Blunt force head and chest injuries from motor vehicle collision
A 77-year-old male with a history of seizures (2017, 2023) died from blunt force head and chest injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision on 10 March 2024. The vehicle travelled at 157 km/h approaching a red traffi…
35y · Female·aortic dissection with associated acute aortitis
A 35-year-old Aboriginal woman with schizoaffective disorder presenting with acute psychosis and chest pain was appropriately referred for psychiatric assessment and retrieval. CareFlight transport was timely and the rec…
56y · Male·aspiration pneumonitis secondary to airways obstruction from squamous cell carci…
Edgar Forrester, a 56-year-old Aboriginal man, died of aspiration pneumonitis secondary to oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma with metastases while in custody. He presented with progressive dysphagia from September 2019…
51y · Male·Multiple organ failure due to Influenza A pneumonia, in the context of chronic k…
Ishmael Nalaiyir Nangarid, a 51-year-old Aboriginal man with complex medical history including myasthenia gravis, chronic kidney disease, COPD, and ischaemic heart disease, died from multiple organ failure due to Influen…
42y · Male·ischaemic heart disease due to coronary artery atherosclerosis and left ventricu…
Daryl Jabangardi Riley, a 42-year-old Aboriginal prisoner, died of ischaemic heart disease due to coronary artery atherosclerosis and left ventricular hypertrophy while playing pool in the recreation room at Alice Spring…
39y · Male·acute myocardial ischaemia, coronary artery thrombosis and coronary artery ather…
Jeremy Tunkin, an Aboriginal man with severe hearing loss, died of acute myocardial infarction while in prison custody. On 6 August 2017, he presented to the medical clinic with what prisoners identified as chest pain, b…
0y · Female·Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Jessica Agnes Poulson was a 17-day-old neonate born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a fatal congenital condition requiring emergency surgery unavailable in the Northern Territory. The parents elected palliative car…
35y · Male·Active rheumatic pancarditis complicated by pulmonary arterial hypertension, pne…
A 35-year-old Aboriginal man died from rheumatic pancarditis complicated by pulmonary hypertension, pneumonia and unspecified connective tissue disease. He had presented repeatedly to Katherine Hospital with symptoms sug…
40y · Male·ischaemic heart disease due to left ventricular hypertrophy and coronary artery …
A 40-year-old Aboriginal man with longstanding rheumatic heart disease, left ventricular hypertrophy, and coronary artery atherosclerosis died from acute myocardial infarction complicated by ventricular fibrillation whil…
36y · Female·myocardial infarction as a consequence of severe focal coronary artery atheroscl…
Krista Lloyd, 36-year-old woman with undiagnosed coronary artery disease presenting with prior chest pain radiating to neck/jaw, suffered sudden out-of-hospital cardiac arrest on 1 May 2015 at home. Initial ECG showed po…
45y · Female·Bronchiectasis
A 45-year-old Aboriginal woman with severe bronchiectasis, COPD, and cor pulmonale died at a sobering-up shelter after police protective custody. She had 15 hospital admissions in 2015 for acute exacerbations related to …
73y · Male·Acute subdural haematoma
Kerry James Murphy, 73, died from acute subdural haematoma following a fall in Royal Darwin Hospital's overcrowded Emergency Department. He was admitted with pneumonia, NSTEMI, and dizziness—significant fall risk factors…
65y · Male·Congestive Cardiac Failure secondary to Ischaemic Heart Disease due to Non-Small…
Kevin John Steel, a 65-year-old Aboriginal man with advanced non-small cell lung cancer, ischaemic heart disease, atrial fibrillation, and multiple comorbidities, died in Alice Springs Hospital from congestive cardiac fa…
79y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease
John Angeles, aged 79, died of ischaemic heart disease while serving a life sentence for murder. He had severe triple-vessel coronary disease, chronic lung disease, and was on maximal medical therapy. The coroner found h…
59y · Male·idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (probably alcohol related)
A 59-year-old Aboriginal man died of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy in a Darwin police watch house following arrest for the minor offence of drinking in a designated public place. He had severe, documented cardiac dis…
49y · Male·cardiac hypertrophy (longstanding heart disease) complicated by chronic renal fa…
Raymond McDonald, 49 years old, died in custody at Darwin Correctional Centre from cardiac hypertrophy with underlying chronic renal failure and ventricular arrhythmia. He had presented 16 times with chest pain over 12 m…
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