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47y · Male·Multi organ failure and sepsis complicating ulcerating colitis and intestinal ob…
David Waymouth, a 47-year-old prisoner with extensive medical comorbidities including hepatitis C, obesity, chronic pain requiring methadone, and depression, fell from his bed in prison and sustained a right hip fracture…
48y · Female·malnutrition in association with sepsis on a background of end stage multiple sc…
A 48-year-old woman with end-stage multiple sclerosis died from malnutrition and sepsis after her husband, her primary carer, failed to provide adequate nutrition via a PEG tube despite receiving training and instruction…
70y · Male·gastrointestinal haemorrhage in a man with gastric ulcers
David Weiser, 70, presented to an emergency department with melaena and dizziness on 11 November 2012. An advanced trainee in emergency medicine, Dr H., examined him and found a haemoglobin of 92 g/L and elevated urea/cr…
49y · Male·Complications in association with advanced gastric malignancy
Roy Charles Gilbert, a 49-year-old prisoner, died from complications of advanced gastric adenocarcinoma with metastatic disease. He presented with gastrointestinal symptoms from 2009 onwards but initially declined invest…
29y · Male·Multiple drug toxicity
Shane John Robinson, a 29-year-old prisoner with complex medical conditions including Crohn's disease, pulmonary embolism, anaemia and schizoaffective disorder, died from multiple drug toxicity in prison. He had been pre…
71y · Male·Organ failure in an elderly man receiving palliative medical care for renal fail…
Gheorghe Gruici, a 71-year-old life-sentenced prisoner, died of organ failure from chronic renal failure, infective endocarditis, and chest infection. Over 15 years in custody, he developed multiple comorbidities includi…
44y · Male·Early bronchopneumonia in a man receiving palliative medical care for liver fail…
Robert James, a 44-year-old prisoner with end-stage hepatitis C cirrhosis, died from early bronchopneumonia while receiving palliative care. He had been terminally ill for over a year, with progressively deteriorating li…
55y · Female·Multiple drug toxicity in a woman with coronary artery atherosclerosis
A 55-year-old woman with complex medical history including chronic pain, previous multiple abdominal surgeries, gastrointestinal disorders, mental health issues including DID, and suicidal ideation died from multiple dru…
38y · Female·Pulmonary Thromboembolism
Kellie Anne Keogh, 38, died from pulmonary thromboembolism on 10 November 2008 after complex pancreatic surgery. She had nephrotic syndrome with decreased anti-thrombin III levels, initially presenting with suspected DVT…
62y · Male·Acute Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage in association with Acute on Chronic Peptic U…
Kenneth Charles Fox, 62, presented to Fremantle Hospital ED on 12 April 2006 with a gastrointestinal bleed after fainting. He was diagnosed with a massive bleed causing hypovolaemic shock and stabilized with fluid resusc…
45y · Male·Intra Abdominal Haemorrhage Associated with Metastatic Carcinoma of the Oesophag…
Reginald Brian O'Neill, a 45-year-old sentenced prisoner at Karnet Prison Farm, died from intra-abdominal haemorrhage associated with metastatic oesophageal carcinoma on 6 December 2003. In late November 2003, he present…
44y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia in a man with liver failure due to cirrhosis and focal corona…
Michael John Herrick, a 44-year-old prisoner with end-stage liver cirrhosis secondary to hepatitis C and alcohol abuse, died from cardiac arrhythmia at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. He had been receiving aggressive trea…
30y · Male·Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Gary John Holcroft, a 30-year-old prisoner at Casuarina Prison Complex, died on 19 September 2001 from Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. He had a known heart murmur since childhood and Hepatitis C, and was noted to have eleva…
62y · Male·bronchopneumonia in a man receiving terminal palliative care for metastatic carc…
Robin David Macartney, a 62-year-old prisoner serving a life sentence for murder, died from bronchopneumonia secondary to metastatic colon cancer. He was diagnosed with sigmoid colon cancer in December 2006 but refused s…
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