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38y · Female·Asphyxiation by plastic bag
Helen Jeffery, aged 38, died by asphyxiation using a plastic bag in Ward GE of Nambour Hospital on 24 March 2005, five days after admission for psychiatric care following a suicide attempt. The coroner found no criminal …
20y · Female·injuries received from a fall from the viewing platform at Perriwen Lookout at M…
Anita Elsa Ali-Haapala, a 20-year-old with a long history of mental health issues, presented to Nambour Hospital on 17 May 2005 expressing suicidal ideation. She was admitted to the psychiatric ward with initial diagnosi…
54y · Male·Global cerebral hypoxic injury due to or as a consequence of status epilepticus
Terence James Robinson, 54, died from status epilepticus causing global cerebral hypoxic injury after 16 days at Belmont Private Hospital. He was admitted following a violent altercation with police and attempted suicide…
24y · Female·asphyxiation due to hanging
Kylie Danielle Hooymans, a 24-year-old woman with depression and anxiety, died by hanging on 13 March 2005 while under community-based mental health care. The coroner found that healthcare providers acted professionally …
40y · Male·Asphyxia caused by a seizure resulting from severe alcohol intoxication. Underly…
Paul Meech, a 40-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder, died of asphyxia caused by a seizure from severe alcohol intoxication while in police custody at Hervey Bay watch house. Critical failures occurred: (1) The …
33y · Male·Self-inflicted hanging
Troy Crossman, a 33-year-old prisoner at Borallon Correctional Centre, died by hanging in his cell on 17 March 2004. He had an extensive documented history of depression, suicidal ideation, and previous suicide attempts.…
49y · Male·Obstructive sleep apnoea, contributed to by the sedating effects of therapeutic …
David Muckan, a 49-year-old man with schizophrenia, was admitted to a psychiatric unit in April 1998 with suspected obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). He was sedated with benzodiazepines (Midazolam, Diazepam) and other psyc…
37y · Male·Self-inflicted stab wounds to the abdomen
Phillip Bruce Partridge, a 37-year-old man with schizophrenia who had ceased antipsychotic medication, died from self-inflicted stab wounds to the abdomen during a 36-hour police siege at his home. He had exhibited incre…
3y · Male·fatal stab wounds to the heart inflicted by his aunt Natalia Perry during an app…
A 3-year-old child was fatally stabbed by his aunt, Natalia Perry, a forensic patient with schizophrenia on limited community treatment (LCT), shortly after being discharged from emergency department. Perry had jumped fr…
20y · Male·hanging
A 20-year-old male with major depressive disorder and melancholic features was admitted to psychiatric hospital on 4 June 2003 under an indefinite involuntary treatment order by consultant psychiatrist Dr P.. The next da…
33y · Male·Aspiration due to alcoholic intoxication; coronary atherosclerosis contributed
Adam Anthony Fernandez, aged 33, died from aspiration of food contents while acutely intoxicated (blood alcohol 0.276%) following police attendance at his home on 4 December 2001. After police used capsicum spray to safe…
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