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WAhome2017-04-26

Inquest into the Death of Leslie Troy OVENS

32y · Male·Asphyxia in a man with Friedreich's Ataxia due to positional asphyxia; unable to…

Leslie Troy Ovens, a 32-year-old man with progressive Friedreich's Ataxia, died from positional asphyxia after falling from his wheelchair. He had deteriorated significantly after hospitalisation in June 2013 and was wea…

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NSWmental health2022-02-01

Inquest into the death of Camilla MARGOLIS

34y · Female·multiple blunt force injuries

Camilla Margolis, 34, died by suicide at Echo Point Lookout in the Blue Mountains hours after discharge from mental health inpatient care. She had complex borderline personality disorder with chronic suicidality across 2…

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SAhospital2026-03-30

Coroner's Finding: Chadha, Hemant and Battagodage, Sachintha Nandula

Male·Hemant Chadha: acute on chronic pneumonia (mycoplasma pneumoniae). Sachintha Bat…

Two young men died after repeated ED presentations were not appropriately managed. Hemant Chadha (38) died of acute pneumonia complicated by possible neurological involvement after being discharged from Lyell McEwin Hosp…

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NSWhospital2021-11-09

Inquest into the death of Caitlin CRUZ

3y · Female·complications of Influenza B viral infection

Three-year-old Caitlin Cruz presented to a medical centre unwell and collapsed, requiring resuscitation. She was transferred by ambulance to Children's Hospital at Westmead but critical information about her collapse and…

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VIChospital2011-07-29

Finding into death of Marlene Kenny

64y · Female·Bilateral pulmonary embolism with left middle cerebral artery/posterior cerebral…

…ttack and discharged her without investigation. She re-presented next day with neurological symptoms (arm weakness, slurred speech) suspicious for TIA. The hospital failed to recognise she had a paradoxical stroke caused…

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