36y · Female·Pneumonia complicating combined drug effect
Vicki Anne Greaves, 36, died on 18 March 2004 at Royal Perth Hospital Emergency Department from pneumonia complicating combined drug effect. She was subject to an Intensive Supervision Order for drug-related offences. On…
72y · Female·Peritonitis due to perforated diverticulum in transverse colon
Maria Donatelli, a 72-year-old woman with cardiac and renal disease, presented to Peel Health Campus with abdominal pain and vomiting. She was initially managed conservatively with a provisional diagnosis of pancreatitis…
26y · Male·Suicidal cut throat
A 26-year-old Aboriginal male, Marcellus Tipiloura, died from a self-inflicted cut throat while police and emergency services were attending. He had made threats to kill himself and his wife after consuming alcohol and c…
57y · Female·right bronchopneumonia following hypoxic brain damage secondary to cardiac arres…
A 57-year-old woman with chronic schizophrenia and non-insulin dependent diabetes was admitted to a psychiatric ward after detention under the Mental Health Act. She was found in cardiac arrest on 8 December 2001 and suf…
34y · Male·Septicaemia resulting from Melioidosis
Warren Maminyamanja, a 34-year-old Aboriginal man, died from melioidosis septicaemia on 13 June 2004 whilst in custody at Darwin Correctional Centre. Clinical assessment for melioidosis was not considered, though expert …
27y · Male·multiple injuries after a fall from a height
Dale Vincent, a 27-year-old man with schizophrenia, absconded from Cowdy Ward mental health facility on 6 October 2004 while an involuntary patient under a 7-day detention order. He had been admitted following an assault…
35y · Male·Disseminated Lymphoblastic Lymphoma
A 35-year-old Aboriginal man died from disseminated lymphoblastic lymphoma while in prison custody. He presented with progressive symptoms including oedema, shortness of breath, and difficulty walking. Dr J. appropriatel…
9y · Female·Head injury (basilar skull fractures) from collapse of central support pole
Clarissa de Waal, a 9-year-old girl, died on 26 December 2002 when a central support pole collapsed during a severe downburst (microburst) weather event at her family's newly constructed home in Wongan Hills, Western Aus…
28y · Female·Anaphylactic reaction to anaesthetic drug (suxamethonium), with underlying coron…
A 28-year-old woman died during routine dental extraction under general anaesthesia at a regional hospital. Despite competent initial airway management, she developed severe respiratory distress immediately after inducti…
20y · Female·Methylamphetamine toxicity
Laura Kate Muckersie, a 20-year-old female with a history of drug use, died on 30 July 2001 from methylamphetamine toxicity. Her body was found in a storm water drain in Swan View. The coroner conducted an extensive inqu…
46y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision
Jeffrey James Mitchell, a 46-year-old male, died on 2 May 2002 following a motor vehicle collision on the Kwinana Freeway near Bullcreek, Western Australia. His Mazda utility was struck from behind by a Subaru driven by …
60y · Male·blunt head trauma resulting from a motor vehicle accident
Kenneth Alderson, a 60-year-old Aboriginal man with a blood alcohol level of 0.247%, was struck by a police vehicle on East Point Road, Darwin while attempting to cross the road. He died from blunt head trauma the follow…
49y · Male·head injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision
Robert Edward Cook, 49, died from head injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision with a motorised bicycle at a roundabout intersection on 12 December 2003, dying 9 days later on 21 December 2003. Cook was travellin…
71y · Male·Combined effects of ischaemic and valvular heart disease
A 71-year-old man with chronic paranoid schizophrenia was detained under the Mental Health Act after community mental health workers observed physical signs of heart failure (dyspnea, bilateral pitting edema) during home…
41y · Male·multi-organ failure and staphylococcal septicaemia following pulmonary and aorti…
A 41-year-old man with a pre-existing aortic valve abnormality developed staphylococcal septicaemia, likely initiated by Q fever exposure at his abattoir workplace or a finger laceration. He presented with fever and ches…
30y · Male·Head Injuries
Stevo Baricevic, 30, died from head injuries after losing control of his motorcycle on Gnangara Road, Landsdale on 26 February 2004. He had consumed alcohol (0.108% blood alcohol level) and traces of amphetamines, methyl…
44y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Geoffrey Stephen Ward, a 44-year-old involuntary psychiatric patient at Graylands Hospital with chronic paranoid schizophrenia, died by hanging on 20 February 2000. He had been progressing well on antipsychotic medicatio…
43y · Female·stab wound to the chest; contributing factors were aspiration of stomach content…
A 43-year-old Aboriginal woman died from a stab wound to the chest in circumstances that remain unclear. She had a complex history of depression, alcohol dependence, and family crisis (children removed from her care). Sh…
53y · Male·Gunshot wound to the chest
A 53-year-old experienced shooter died from accidental discharge of his rifle while hunting pigs in remote Northern Territory. He was walking toward a shot pig when his Ruger rifle discharged, striking his chest fatally.…
46y · Male·Cardiac failure due to blood loss from traumatic laceration to right thigh susta…
Samuel Pugh, a 46-year-old mining contractor, died from cardiac failure due to blood loss after being struck by a 219 kg falling rock underground at a Queensland mine. He suffered a severe laceration to his right thigh w…
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