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68y · Male·Pneumonia on a background of interstitial lung disease
Stephen Lunson, a 68-year-old man with intellectual disability, epilepsy, and interstitial lung disease, died from pneumonia. He had been under medical review for progressive respiratory symptoms since 2019. In early Dec…
75y · Male·ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
A 75-year-old man with hypertension, diabetes, and smoking history presented to a regional emergency department with right lower quadrant abdominal pain, back pain, groin pain, nausea, and vomiting. He was diagnosed with…
57y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease in a man with chronic schizophrenia
Jon Lewis, a 57-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia, ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiomyopathy, died from acute myocardial infarction or fatal cardiac arrhythmia at a specialist disability a…
16y · Male·mixed drug toxicity (codeine, morphine, tramadol, alprazolam and desmethylvenlaf…
LI, a 16-year-old with borderline personality disorder, factitious disorder, and opioid use disorder, died from mixed drug toxicity (codeine, morphine, tramadol, alprazolam, desmethylvenlafaxine) after obtaining prescrip…
36y · Male·Undetermined; three possible mechanisms identified: oversedation with vomiting a…
Jacob Kennedy, a 36-year-old Aboriginal man with polysubstance use disorder and psychiatric illness, died on 4 February 2017 after 11 days as an involuntary inpatient at Frankston Hospital. He was administered multiple s…
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…
63y · Male·Incised injuries to the neck and upper limbs
Gwyn Pugh, a 63-year-old man with longstanding bipolar affective disorder, died by suicide on 26 October 2022. He had been hospitalized for depression in April-May 2022 and received electroconvulsive therapy. Post-discha…
53y · Male·Refractory seizures secondary to Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (palliated); pneumonia
A 53-year-old man with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and refractory seizures presented to hospital on 30 March 2024 with increased seizure activity. During admission, he could not receive oral anti-epileptics due to poor swall…
76y · Male·Terminal pancreatic cancer
76-year-old Robert Leonard Morris died from terminal pancreatic cancer while serving a custodial sentence at Port Phillip Prison. He had been diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic adenocarcinoma in December 2020 and comme…
63y · Female·Combined features of bronchopneumonia, emphysema and ischaemic heart disease on …
A 63-year-old woman with depression, anxiety, liver cirrhosis, and chronic drug use died from bronchopneumonia, emphysema, and ischaemic heart disease following a prolonged lie on the ground with hypothermia. She missed …
40y · Male·compression of the neck due to hanging
Brian Pope, a 40-year-old man with longstanding mental health issues including major depressive disorder, anxiety, learning disability (dyslexia), and substance abuse history, died by suicide in prison 20 days after rema…
18y · Female·Multidrug toxicity (GHB, amphetamines, benzodiazepines)
PJQ was an 18-year-old in state care who died from multidrug toxicity (GHB, amphetamines, benzodiazepines) after being discharged early from a residential rehabilitation program. She had complex trauma history, PTSD, and…
56y · Male·complications of metastatic colorectal carcinoma
Victor Dale Fenech, a 56-year-old experiencing homelessness, died from complications of metastatic colorectal carcinoma. He made three emergency calls over two days before his death, but ambulances did not attend the fir…
58y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia
Gaye Marie Darby, a 58-year-old woman with Down syndrome and Alzheimer's dementia, died from aspiration pneumonia following a three-week history of worsening dysphagia and anorexia. She presented to hospital with suspect…
72y · Male·Complications of small bowel obstruction in a man with multiple medical co-morbi…
Peter Fiorakis, a 72-year-old man with intellectual disability, schizophrenia, recurrent DVT, cardiomegaly, COPD, ischaemic heart disease and hiatus hernia, presented to Austin Hospital with nausea, vomiting and decrease…
53y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating seizures in a man with trisomy 21 and suspecte…
Philip Sopikiotis, a 53-year-old man with Trisomy 21 and suspected Alzheimer's dementia, died from aspiration pneumonia complicating seizures. He suffered an unwitnessed fall with suspected seizure at his residential car…
67y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease; coronary artery atherosclerosis (stented)
A 67-year-old man with extensive cardiac history presented to the ED with recurrent ischaemic-sounding chest pain. Despite multiple episodes of chest pain during admission, initial ECGs and troponins were normal. Followi…
66y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a tram incident (pedestrian)
A 66-year-old woman was struck by a tram after stepping into its path at a pedestrian crossing adjacent to tram stop 117 in South Melbourne. The tram driver was travelling at approximately 30 km/h and applied full brakes…
21y · Male·Unascertained causes
Rodney Norman Galvin, age 21, disappeared from his home in Ballarat East, Victoria on 6 April 1987 and is presumed deceased. Despite extensive police investigation and multiple proof-of-life checks over decades, his body…
96y · Female·complications following a fractured distal right femur
A 96-year-old woman died from complications of a hip fracture sustained when pushed by a fellow resident with severe dementia at an aged care facility. The resident pressed the call bell for help, but the system was non-…
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