120 results for “heroin addiction”
44y · Female·multi-organ failure and polypharmaceutical overdose on a background of severe ch…
Laura Rose Kartinyeri, aged 44, died from multi-organ failure and polypharmaceutical overdose on a background of severe COPD. She had a long history of substance abuse, non-compliance with treatment, and hospital present…
36y · Male·Unknown - advanced decomposition precluded determination
Scott Clements, a 36-year-old man with longstanding mental illness, depression, substance use disorder and multiple suicide attempts, was found dead at his home between 19 August and 14 October 2014. His body was in adva…
Unknown·Alan Bugden: pulmonary thromboembolism after stroke. Amaru Bestrin: combined dru…
… remained undetected for over 20 hours, developing a fatal pulmonary embolism. Amaru Bestrin, 25, injected heroin in a disabled toilet at Liverpool Hospital and was undetected for over 11 hours, dying of combined drug an…
27y · Male·Hanging
Dalvir Singh, a 27-year-old in immigration detention, died by hanging on 13 February 2014. He had a prior suicide attempt, multiple stressors (relationship breakdown, family violence, opioid dependence), but displayed no…
47y · Male·Bronchopneumonia on a background of methadone and benzodiazepine use
Frank Frood, a 47-year-old man with a 20-year history of heroin use and opioid replacement therapy (ORT) on methadone, died from bronchopneumonia with a background of met…
37y · Male·self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and neck
Matthew Lothian, aged 37, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and neck on 6 January 2021 in Wollongong. He was on medical escort from custody when he seized the firearm from Correctional Services Officer…
25y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia secondary to methadone toxicity
… at the Alexander Maconochie Centre in the ACT. He was assessed as opioid naive despite representations of heroin use and prescribed 30 mg methadone daily after two doses. The coroner found the medical assessment and pre…
31y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
A 31-year-old woman with long-standing opioid dependence enrolled in the Queensland Opioid Treatment Program died from mixed drug toxicity, with toxic levels of Fentanyl and other drugs in her system. A general practitio…
43y · Male·The combined effects of subacute myocardial injury and methadone toxicity
Timothy Ricketts, a 43-year-old man with complex psychiatric and substance use history, died from combined subacute myocardial injury and methadone toxicity. He had been admitted to hospital in November 2021 with elevate…
23y · Female·Hypoxic-ischaemic brain damage due to self-inflicted hanging with intention of t…
Brontë Haskins, aged 23, died by suicide via hanging on 18 February 2020, three days after her release from custody on bail. The inquest identified multiple systemic failures in supervision, assessment, and coordination …
53y · Male·multiple large incised defects to the head and single stab wound to the chest
Mr X, aged 53, was killed by his son Mr A who was subject to a Community Treatment Order (CTO) supervised by Peninsula Health Mental Health Services. Mr A had a complex history of mental illness (schizophreniform paranoi…
44y · Male·Combined drug effect (oxycodone and benzodiazepines)
A 44-year-old man with a history of heroin addiction registered as a drug addict in 2010 died from combined drug effect involving oxycodone and benzo…
40y · Male·Unascertained; opioid withdrawal-related seizure or cardiac arrhythmia could not…
Micky Craig Revera, a 40-year-old man with chronic heroin addiction, died in Melbourne Assessment Prison on 18 February 2019 from unascertained causes. He was arres…
54y · Male·carbon monoxide asphyxia
Dallas Brooks Shrimpton, a 54-year-old man with severe alcohol dependence, chronic depression, and multiple previous suicide attempts, died by carbon monoxide asphyxiation. He presented to Royal Hobart Hospital ED on 16 …
29y · Male·multiple drug toxicity (buprenorphine, oxazepam, diazepam, alprazolam, and methy…
John Frederick Wanganeen, a 29-year-old with documented heavy polysubstance use, died of multiple drug toxicity after injecting crushed buprenorphine tablets mixed with water while on home detention bail. Critical system…
30y · Male·Drowning due to jumping from the Batman Bridge
A 30-year-old man with opioid use disorder, anxiety, and depression died by suicide from jumping the Batman Bridge. He had been prescribed escalating doses of clonazepam (1-8mg daily) over three years by general practiti…
42y · Male·Nick Karayiannis: ligature strangulation inflicted by cellmate Tien Tran; Tien T…
Two remand prisoners died in a shared cell at Silverwater Metropolitan Reception and Remand Centre: Nick Karayiannis was killed by his cellmate Tien Tran via ligature strangulation, and Tran subsequently hanged himself. …
33y · Male·complications from blunt force trauma to head consequent upon being struck by a …
A 33-year-old man with long-standing substance abuse and acute methadone withdrawal presented with suicidal ideation on the morning of 11 February 2007. The Crisis Assessment and Treatment (CAT) Team assessed him at 5pm …
21y · Male·complications of ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Sarwan Al Jhelie, a 21-year-old Iraqi-born man in immigration detention, died by suicide on 5 September 2018 after hanging himself. He had a history of trauma, depression, drug abuse, and prior self-harm and overdose att…
20y · Male·Multiple injuries from fall from height
Bailey Mackander, a 20-year-old Wiradjuri man with substance use disorder and anxiety, died from multiple injuries after impulsively jumping an 8-metre wall at a hospital ambulance bay on 5 November 2019. He was in custo…
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