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SAmental health2025-04-17

Coroner's Finding: Furlan, Mark John & Miller, Richard John

50; 37y · Male; male·Mark John Furlan: hypoxic brain injury due to acute neck compression due to hang…

Two men died by hanging while detained under inpatient treatment orders at Ward 2G of Royal Adelaide Hospital. Mark Furlan (50) died in 2018 after developing psychotic depression with suicidal ideation. The coroner found…

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TAScommunity2015

Coroner's Finding: Youth Suicide

suicide by hanging or other means

Six young people aged 12-17 years died by suicide between 2010-2014 in Tasmania. All had significant mental health issues, trauma histories, and contact with child protection services or schools. The coroner identified s…

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VIChospital2023-05-16

Finding into death of Mathew James Luttrell

43y · Male·Hanging

…ttrell, a 43-year-old Aboriginal man with borderline personality disorder, chronic suicidal ideation and substance abuse, was admitted to Mildura Base Hospital following a suicide attempt on 11 November 2018. He was pla…

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NSWaged care2015-03-09

Inquest into the deaths and fire at the Quakers Hills Nursing Home, Hambledon Road, Quakers Hill

smoke inhalation and burns from deliberately-lit fire (primary cause varies by i…

Fourteen elderly residents died in a deliberately-lit fire at Quakers Hill Nursing Home on 18 November 2011, set by drug-dependent nurse Roger Dean to destroy evidence of medication theft. Dean had worked while visibly i…

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QLDcommunity2006-12-15

Barlow, Charles Edward; Lusk, Patrick Douglas; Baggott, Emily Jane

asphyxia sequential to hanging (all three cases); Charles Barlow: schizophrenia …

Three linked suicide cases spanning February 2004 to October 2005 in Far North Queensland mental health services. Charles Barlow (36, Aboriginal) was denied admission despite requesting transfer to Cairns Base Hospital M…

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