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56y · Male·Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Christian Armand, a self-employed carpenter and builder, contracted malignant pleural mesothelioma from occupational exposure to asbestos cement products during home renovation work in Victoria in the 1970s–1980s. An occ…
67y · Male·Malignant mesothelioma
Donald Rawson, aged 67, died of malignant mesothelioma in May 2003. Investigation traced multiple possible sources of asbestos exposure across his working life and domestic context: probable exposure at Benny Teare Pty L…
Unknown·Multiple injuries from being struck by trains at railway pedestrian crossings
A joint inquest examined two deaths of wheelchair users at Melbourne railway pedestrian crossings in 2001. Christopher Jones (aged 50), with athetoid cerebral palsy causing involuntary limb movements, was struck by a tra…
14y · Male·Complications of near drowning - severe hypoxic brain damage and subsequent mult…
Abubaker Aziz, a 14-year-old non-swimmer from Pakistan, drowned at Coburg outdoor municipal pool on 30 December 1998 after being in the diving pool undetected for approximately 20 minutes, and died from hypoxic brain inj…
Male·traumatic head and neck injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision
Three young men—Simon Lovitt (28), Shaun Law (16), and Cao Vo (18)—died in a motor vehicle collision on Malvern Road, Glen Iris on 19 June 2002. Lovitt was driving a stolen Ford Falcon at high speed on the wrong side of …
23y · Male·Haemothorax and traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta
Piotr Pawel Repinski, aged 23, died on 15 November 2001 from haemothorax and traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta following a motor vehicle collision on Vipond Road, Springhurst, Victoria. He lost control of a stolen …
Male·Head injuries from motor vehicle accident
On 10 December 2001, Tristram Rich (16, learner driver) was driving a stolen Holden Commodore on the Hume Freeway when intercepted by police. Rich fled and a 20-minute pursuit ensued at speeds up to 210 km/h involving mo…
19y · Male·Blunt head injury from being run over by recycling truck
Glenn Chapman, 19, died on 12 October 1998 when run over by a reversing compactor truck while working as a recycling collector. While the truck reversed, Chapman attempted to jump between rear steps to help his coworker,…
2y · Female·irreversible cerebral anoxia and terminal inhalation bronchopneumonia resulting …
Cindy Nguyen, a 2-year-old girl, drowned at Footscray Swimming Centre on 10 November 2000 and died from irreversible cerebral anoxia and inhalation bronchopneumonia on 15 November 2000. The coroner found that the death r…
Unknown·Multiple injuries from motor vehicle collision due to loss of control of tanker …
On 26 January 2001, five people died when a petrol tanker driven by Ranjith Naranpanawa lost control on the South Gippsland Highway near Koo Wee Rup, Victoria. The tanker collided with two oncoming vehicles carrying the …
3y · Male·unascertained
Mohammed Tartoussi, aged 3 years 11 months, presented to Bell Street Family Medical Centre on 28 June 2003 with chest pain and mild upper respiratory symptoms. He was diagnosed with mild symptoms and given prednisolone. …
43y · Male·Drowning
Lindsay Dack, aged 43, drowned on 26 December 2000 while crewing the yacht Spirit of Downunder in the Big Bay Race 2000 in Port Phillip Bay. He was thrown overboard during a sudden squall while working on the foredeck, w…
5y · Female·disseminated candidiasis secondary to protein-energy malnutrition
Eliana Diskin, aged 5 months, died from disseminated candidiasis secondary to severe protein-energy malnutrition. After ceasing breastfeeding in late October 2000, her parents fed her exclusively with unfortified rice mi…
48y · Female·Cardiorespiratory arrest due to cardiac tamponade as a result of perforation of …
Cheryl Hoggins, aged 48, died on 1 July 2000 from cardiac tamponade following perforation of the right atrium during central venous catheter exchange in ICU. She was recovering from emergency liver transplantation compli…
0y · Male·Cardiorespiratory failure due to failure of anaesthetic rebreathe bag
Taylor Ainalidis, aged 3 weeks, died on 21 June 2000 at the Royal Children's Hospital following cardiorespiratory failure during resuscitation after surgery for Tetralogy of Fallot. The primary cause was failure of an an…
42y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism
Peter Sullivan, a 42-year-old carpenter, died from pulmonary embolism on 6 July 1998, three days after surgery at Box Hill Hospital to remove a nail from his left thigh sustained in a work-related nail gun injury. He dev…
Male·Injuries sustained in gas explosion and fire following brittle fracture of heat …
On 25 September 1998, an explosion and fire at Esso's Longford Gas Plant 1 killed two workers and injured eight others. The direct cause was brittle fracture of a heat exchanger after cooling to -48°C due to loss of lean…
Female·Dothiepin toxicity
Yvonne Carrigg, a woman with recurrent post-natal depression, died from dothiepin overdose three days after psychiatric discharge. Critical clinical failures included: prescribing dothiepin (a cardiotoxic tricyclic antid…
34y · Female·Dothiepin toxicity in a setting of post-natal depression
Debra Smeeton, 34, died on 12 November 1999 from dothiepin toxicity following intentional overdose at home, eight days after giving birth. She had severe post-natal depression after her first child in 1996, requiring hos…
43y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic encephalopathy resulting from asystolic cardiac arrest due to …
Gregory David Couper, 43, with chronic schizophrenia, experienced a psychiatric crisis at a supported residential care facility on 2 December 1998 and died the next day from restraint asphyxia. Police responded to calls …
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