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63y · Male·Aspiration pneumonitis with contributing conditions of ischaemic gut, dysphagia …
Robert Easter, 63, a man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, blindness and hearing impairment, died of aspiration pneumonitis following admission to hospital with a choking episode, vomiting, lethargy and abdom…
68y · Male·Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
Rolf Liebenow, a 68-year-old NDIS participant in Specialist Disability Accommodation, died from chronic lymphocytic leukaemia at a palliative care unit. He had suffered from this progressive terminal condition for four y…
41y · Male·Septicaemia secondary to chronic peptic ulcer disease
Simon Cartwright, a 41-year-old man with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, died in custody from septicemia secondary to chronic peptic ulcer disease. He had a documented ulcer history diagnosed in November 2020 and sho…
11y · Male·complications of bowel obstruction in the setting of chronic constipation
RDZ was an 11-year-old Aboriginal boy who died from complications of bowel obstruction secondary to chronic constipation with a fecalith. He had been under paediatric care for years with multiple admissions for bowel was…
53y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia complicating large bowel obstruction due to faecal impactio…
Angela Kettyle, a 53-year-old NDIS participant with significant comorbidities including Type II diabetes, cirrhosis, and chronic constipation, died from aspiration pneumonia complicating large bowel obstruction due to fa…
54y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia
Valerie Caithness, a 54-year-old with cerebral palsy and intellectual disability residing in specialist disability accommodation, died from aspiration pneumonia following an aspiration event during a colonoscopy performe…
70y · Female·Perforated diverticulitis
A 70-year-old woman with NDIS support living in a Specialist Disability Accommodation presented to hospital with constipation, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. After initial ED assessment and discharge with constipat…
68y · Male·Cerebrovascular disease
John Raymond Ainsworth, a 68-year-old prisoner, died of cerebrovascular disease following a severe stroke on 25 November 2020. He had poorly controlled Type II diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol. Prior to his a…
62y · Male·Hypertensive and ischaemic heart disease in a man with diabetes mellitus
Craig John Reynolds, 62, died from hypertensive and ischaemic heart disease with diabetes mellitus. He was residing in NDIS-funded short-term accommodation at Carroll House when he suffered a fall on 22 June 2023. He sub…
36y · Male·perforated duodenal ulcer
Ricky Douglas Hampson, a 36-year-old First Nations man, presented to Dubbo Base Hospital on 14 August 2021 with sudden onset severe abdominal pain and a reported sensation of something popping in his abdomen. He had two …
70y · Male·haemoperitoneum, ruptured spleen, colonoscopy
Alan Stewart, age 70, died from haemoperitoneum and ruptured spleen approximately 36 hours after an elective colonoscopy at Royal Melbourne Hospital. A splenic injury occurred during the procedure, likely due to mechanic…
70y · Male·haemoperitoneum secondary to ruptured spleen following colonoscopy
Alan Edward Stewart, aged 70, died from haemoperitoneum due to splenic rupture following routine colonoscopy at Royal Melbourne Hospital on 15 August 2018. The splenic injury was caused by mechanical trauma from the colo…
68y · Male·Complications of a witnessed airway obstruction from food bolus in a man with dy…
A 68-year-old man with dysphagia and bipolar disorder died from airway obstruction and aspiration pneumonia after choking on a sandwich brought by his wife during a supervised hospital meal. He had been admitted with wor…
65y · Male·Bleeding duodenal ulcer
A 65-year-old man with type 2 diabetes presented to hospital with haematemesis, hypoglycaemia, and postural hypotension caused by a bleeding duodenal ulcer. He was misdiagnosed with atypical pneumonia causing confusion. …
48y · Female·Pneumonia on a background of subacute bowel obstruction secondary to metastatic …
Ms T, a 48-year-old woman with cerebral palsy and intellectual disability living in specialist disability accommodation, died from pneumonia with subacute bowel obstruction secondary to metastatic sigmoid colorectal canc…
79y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with COVID-19 and multiple medical co-morbiditie…
Jennifer Turnbull, 79, with cerebral palsy and multiple comorbidities, died from aspiration pneumonia complicated by COVID-19. She was admitted to hospital in October 2022 with recurrent aspiration pneumonia. A PEG tube …
84y · Male·Chronic small bowel obstruction
Lester Gilmore Shelton, aged 84, died of chronic small bowel obstruction on 4 October 2022 whilst in custody at Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH), where he had been transferred from prison for end-of-life care. He had a …
65y · Male·Complications following a malignant bowel obstruction in a man with multiple com…
Murray Noel Haggar, a 65-year-old man with cerebral palsy and intellectual disability living in specialist disability accommodation, died from complications of malignant bowel obstruction. He presented with chronic const…
48y · Female·Ischaemic bowel; coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus and Crohn's disease …
Ms Vicki Higgins, a 48-year-old woman with diabetes, Crohn's disease (with prior colectomy and ileostomy), and coronary artery disease, died from ischaemic bowel on day 17 of incarceration at Junee Correctional Centre du…
48y · Female·Ischaemic bowel, with contributing conditions of coronary artery disease, diabet…
Ms Vicki Higgins, a 48-year-old woman with diabetes, Crohn's disease (requiring ileostomy), and coronary artery disease, died from ischaemic bowel while in custody at Junee Correctional Centre on 29 January 2022, only 17…
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