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5y · Female·myocarditis
A five-year-old girl died from fulminant myocarditis caused by influenza A on 5 July 2022 at Canberra Hospital. The diagnosis was delayed over 7 hours from initial presentation. Critical failures included: ED triage Cate…
9y · Male·Traumatic head injury with diffuse cerebral swelling and subdural haemorrhage ca…
Bradyn Dillon, aged 9, was brutally beaten to death by his father Graham Dillon in February 2016. The inquest examined how multiple agencies—police, child protection, education, and health services—failed to protect him …
3y · Male·unascertained
A 3-month-old boy died with an unascertained cause after being found unresponsive in his bassinet with a blanket covering his mouth and face. His mother had ongoing heroin use throughout pregnancy and postnatally, concea…
2y · Male·drowning (immersion)
A 2-year-old boy, Kaled Kanj, drowned in a leisure pool at a public aquatic centre while attending with his mother and three siblings. His mother was supervising four children while also holding a 9-month-old infant, mak…
3y · Male·cerebral oedema which caused coning at the base of the brain, caused by post-ope…
A 3-year-old boy died from cerebral oedema caused by post-operative hyponatraemia following scoliosis correction surgery. The operation was successful, but severe hyponatraemia developed in the early hours of 24 April 19…
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