70y · Male·advanced left frontal glioblastoma (operated)
… glioblastoma. The tumour was identified when he presented with acute stroke-like symptoms (facial droop, weakness, confusion) in July 2018 while imprisoned. He underwent debulking surgery and received chemotherapy and r…
83y · Female·right middle cerebral artery infarct/stroke
…th prescribed medications for hypertension, cholesterol and schizophrenia. When stroke symptoms (left arm weakness, facial drooping) were observed by nursing staff on 11 February 2012, she was promptly conveyed to hospit…
68y · Male·Metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma
…died from metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma on 19 September 2018. He had presented with weight loss and weakness in September 2017, and diagnostic imaging in February 2018 confirmed advanced, incurable liver cancer wit…
67y · Male·Complications of pressure ulcers in the setting of a thoracic vertebral fracture…
Michael Young, 67, died from pressure ulcer complications following a spinal injury sustained during a CT scan on 3 January 2023. He had fallen from his wheelchair at home and presented to ED with hypotension and back pa…
68y · Male·Abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia) precipitated by coronary atherosclerosis and …
John Martin Heywood, a 68-year-old prisoner, died of natural causes (arrhythmia precipitated by coronary atherosclerosis and phaeochromocytoma) while in custody at the Princess Alexandra Hospital Secure Unit. He had been…
64y · Male·Sepsis and lung collapse precipitated by burns to 35% of body sustained while sm…
Michael Warren, a 64-year-old man with rapidly progressive Motor Neurone Disease (MND), died from sepsis and respiratory complications following severe burns sustained while smoking in a hospital courtyard. He was alone,…
51y · Male·metastatic small round cell malignancy (Ewing's Sarcoma)
… round cell tumour (Ewing's Sarcoma) while in custody. He presented with urinary retention and lower limb weakness in January 2018, underwent urgent spinal decompression surgery, and was subsequently diagnosed with advan…
72y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a fall from a height
Peter Starkie, aged 72, died from multiple injuries sustained in a fall from a roof while cleaning a skylight at his partner's property in Shepparton. He fell approximately three metres onto concrete, sustaining fatal he…
93y · Male·general inanition on a background of cognitive impairment, congestive cardiac fa…
A 93-year-old man with dementia, heart failure, and chronic renal disease died of general inanition following a hip fracture sustained in a fall at an aged care facility. He was under a guardianship order with special po…
5y · Female·Pneumonia as a complication of septo-optic cerebral dysplasia
Shareya Shannon was a 5-year-old Aboriginal girl with septo-optic dysplasia, a rare congenital brain malformation causing profound developmental delay, spastic quadriparesis, poorly controlled epilepsy, hearing and visua…
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…
50y · Female·Cyanide toxicity
A 50-year-old woman with complex mental illness including depression, anxiety, and borderline personality disorder died from cyanide toxicity after ingesting potassium cyanide obtained from Sigma-Aldrich. She made four a…
59y · Male·ischaemic heart disease in the setting of chronic ethanol use
Robert Spencer, 59, called 000 at 4:27 am reporting weakness and inability to mobilise following a fall. He was triaged as Code 3 (non-urgent) and underwent secondary…
55y · Male·Complications of right middle cerebral artery infarction
…after experiencing two falls during a day service activity. His symptoms—including altered consciousness, weakness, and facial drooping—were initially attributed to an epileptic seizure by carers and the locum general pr…
43y · Male·Crush injuries (chest and abdominal injuries and chest compression) sustained in…
Daniel Thomas Knight, aged 43, died from crush injuries sustained while attempting to clear a blockage in a wastepaper compactor (model TCU 660) at a printing business. The compactor had never functioned correctly due to…
67y · Female·perforated sigmoid volvulus with peritonitis upon a background of spinocerebella…
…ere inadequate; a new system now provides automatic alerts for bowel inactivity, addressing this systemic weakness.
56y · Male·intra-abdominal haemorrhage due to splenic rupture due to blunt force injury to …
David Michael Clarke, aged 56, died from intra-abdominal haemorrhage due to splenic rupture following blunt force injury to his back. The fatal injury occurred after he was kicked by Jeffrey Zinn during a violent alterca…
57y · Female·Complications of muscular dystrophy
A 57-year-old woman with longstanding muscular dystrophy and newly diagnosed cardiomyopathy died from complications of her underlying condition. She became acutely unwell overnight at her residential support facility wit…
35y · Female·coronary artery dissection
Fiona Selby-Fullgrabe, 35, presented to Wallaroo Hospital with chest pain, arm weakness, and diaphoresis. Ambulance noted elevated troponin (121) and activated the chest pain protocol. However,…
41y · Male·Shotgun wound to the left side of the chest with laceration of the heart and hae…
…llness including depression with suicidal ideation, Bartter's syndrome (causing electrolyte imbalance and weakness), and had recently been discharged from psychiatric care. He arrived at the Transcontinental Hotel with a…
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