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78y · Male·large left basal ganglia intracerebral haemorrhage with mass effect
John Joseph Tiernan, 78, died from a large left basal ganglia intracerebral haemorrhage with mass effect while admitted under an Inpatient Treatment Order (ITO) for acute hyperactive delirium. He had stage 4 lung cancer …
71y · Male·Plastic bag asphyxia and argon gas inhalation
A 71-year-old man with metastatic bladder cancer, chronic renal failure, and recent dialysis initiation deliberately ended his life using argon gas inhalation. Over 12 years of progressive cancer treatment, multiple surg…
66y · Male·respiratory infection on a background of metastatic carcinoma
Thomas Kedwell, aged 66, died in custody at Prince of Wales Hospital from respiratory infection secondary to metastatic carcinoma. He had undergone laryngectomy and tracheostomy for throat cancer in 2017, and presented w…
45y · Male·abdominal sepsis on a background of metastatic lung carcinoma
A 45-year-old man with advanced metastatic lung cancer died from abdominal sepsis secondary to bowel perforation while imprisoned. He presented with respiratory symptoms in January 2019, was diagnosed with terminal lung …
47y · Male·Complications of cirrhosis and metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma
Lance Robert Nikkelson, a 47-year-old Aboriginal man in prison custody, died from complications of cirrhosis and metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma. He presented with abdominal pain in May 2019, initially assessed as co…
56y · Male·bronchopneumonia complicated by multiorgan failure and hypoxic ischaemic encepha…
Michael Dyball, a 56-year-old prisoner with chronic kidney disease, hepatitis C, and treated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma, collapsed in his prison cell and suffered cardiopulmonary arrest on 28 April 2016. He di…
81y · Male·haemorrhage from metastatic squamous cell tumour of the right axilla
An 81-year-old man with extensive comorbidities (cardiac failure, COPD, diabetes, renal failure) presented with a right axillary squamous cell carcinoma with metastases. He was admitted for palliative care and pain manag…
51y · Male·metastatic small round cell malignancy (Ewing's Sarcoma)
Mark Graham Newstead, a 51-year-old man with schizophrenia and untreated hepatitis C, died from metastatic small round cell tumour (Ewing's Sarcoma) while in custody. He presented with urinary retention and lower limb we…
73y · Male·metastatic small cell lung cancer and sepsis
A 73-year-old man with metastatic small cell lung cancer and sepsis died in Royal Adelaide Hospital while in prison custody. He had been sentenced in May 2015 and received appropriate oncology care including chemotherapy…
82y · Male·malignant mesothelioma (palliated)
Stan Jaksa, aged 82, died from malignant mesothelioma with palliation at Repatriation General Hospital. He was admitted with confusion and behavioral changes attributed initially to frontotemporal dementia but reassessed…
74y · Male·metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung on a background of ischaemic heart disease…
A 74-year-old prisoner with metastatic lung cancer, ischaemic heart disease, peripheral vascular disease, and diabetes died at Yatala Labour Prison Health Centre. He was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer in April 2016 …
66y · Male·bronchopneumonia in a man with invasive sarcoma-like tumour of the head, with te…
Benedict Chifley David Candy, a 66-year-old sentenced prisoner, died from bronchopneumonia complicating invasive sarcoma-like tumour of the head with terminal palliative care. He had a recurrent Merkel cell carcinoma tha…
73y · Male·metastatic carcinoma of the lung with palliation
Norman Hazelgrove, a 73-year-old prisoner, died from metastatic lung carcinoma in September 2017. Early in his imprisonment (2013), a chest X-ray showed COPD but this diagnosis was not formally documented or managed desp…
47y · Male·Metastatic mesothelioma
James John Wilson, a 47-year-old man imprisoned at Port Phillip Prison, died from metastatic mesothelioma on 5 May 2019 at St Vincent's Hospital. He was diagnosed with epithelioid mesothelioma in January 2019 following C…
78y · Male·multi-lobar pneumonia and pleural effusions on a background of urothelial carcin…
Kerry Curtis, a 78-year-old prisoner with multiple chronic conditions including COPD, bladder cancer, and cardiac disease, died of multi-lobar pneumonia and pleural effusions following chemotherapy for invasive bladder c…
68y · Male·Terminal lymphoma (mantle cell lymphoma)
Peter Simpson, a 68-year-old man serving a prison sentence, died from terminal mantle cell lymphoma at Long Bay Hospital in September 2018. He had been diagnosed with lymphoma in 2015 and received chemotherapy and surgic…
57y · Female·metastatic lung carcinoma
Chella Leijten, aged 57, died from metastatic lung carcinoma on 21 March 2018 while an involuntary patient in a palliative care unit. She had longstanding schizoaffective disorder requiring repeated psychiatric admission…
38y · Male·Sepsis complicating bronchopneumonia and chest wall abscess in the setting of an…
A 38-year-old man with secondary adrenal insufficiency from childhood chemoradiation died from sepsis complicating a chest wall abscess and bronchopneumonia, precipitated by an adrenal crisis. He presented to his GP with…
60y · Male·Haemorrhage complicating a left robotic upper mediastinal lymph node clearance i…
Brett Maybus, aged 60, died from massive haemorrhage following robotic mediastinal lymph node dissection for recurrent metastatic squamous cell carcinoma. The coroner found the fatal bleed was likely caused by rupture of…
71y · Female·Complications of metastatic intra-abdominal malignancy (unknown primary)
Patricia Faye Stone, a 71-year-old woman with mild intellectual disability living in disability services residential accommodation, presented to Austin Hospital in January 2018 with metastatic intra-abdominal malignancy …
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