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0y · Female·Sudden infant death whilst bed-sharing with risk factors including unsafe sleepi…
…ice must be reinforced with at-risk families; multidisciplinary safeguarding must be robust when substance abuse and previous child injuries are known; systems failures can render clinical care irrelevant when children …
32y · Male·Gunshot wound to head (self-inflicted)
…a 32-year-old registered child sex offender and parolee with a long violent criminal history and substance abuse problems, died by self-inflicted gunshot wound while evading police during a siege at a rural property. He…
25y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia secondary to methadone toxicity
Steven Claude Freeman, a 25-year-old Aboriginal man, died of aspiration pneumonia secondary to methadone toxicity on 27 May 2016, while incarcerated at the Alexander Maconochie Centre in the ACT. He was assessed as opioi…
31y · Male·Acute Myocardial Infarction
John Pocklington, aged 31, died of acute myocardial infarction while in remand custody. He had a long history of methamphetamine use and untreated cardiac damage. On 28 April 2015, he reported chest pain to a nurse, who …
3y · Female·tramadol toxicity
…nsecured in her carer's bedroom. The child was removed from her mother's care due to neglect and substance abuse and placed with her step-father. Although police investigation concluded no deliberate harm, the death was…
40y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury consequent upon cardiac disease, possible viral infection o…
Michael Peter Magro, a 40-year-old male inmate at a correctional facility, died on 27 December 2008 from hypoxic brain injury following cardiac disease and severe pneumonia. Critical failures in prison healthcare were id…
37y · Male·self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and neck
…from Correctional Services Officer Harvey and shot himself. Lothian had a history of depression, substance abuse, and was facing serious charges with limited prospects of escape from his legal predicament. The coroner i…
48y · Male·gunshot wound to chest
Peter Owen Pilkington, 48, died from a gunshot wound sustained during a police siege on 6 December 2021. After escalating behaviour at his NDIS support office in Stretton, Queensland, Peter produced what police believed …
19y · Male·gunshot wounds to chest and abdomen
…Aboriginal communities. Key clinical/public health lessons include: inadequate mental health and substance abuse services contributed to vulnerabilities; failures in early intervention for young people with developmenta…
45y · Male·gunshot wound to the chest with associated significant blood loss
…d by NSW police executing a bench warrant at his home on 9 November 2021. He had suffered childhood sexual abuse, his brother died by suicide in custody, and he feared incarceration due to prior self-harm episodes. Poli…
Unknown·Ruby: ligature compression of the neck (hanging); Carly: ligature compression of…
Five young to middle-aged people with serious mental health conditions died by suicide within 12 months (March 2011 to March 2012) while under care from Alma Street Centre mental health services in Western Australia. Rub…
44y · Female·unascertained (consistent with Streptococcus dysgalactiae and Staphylococcus aur…
Maureen Mandijarra, a 44-year-old Aboriginal woman with poorly controlled diabetes and recurrent skin infections, was arrested at Male Oval on 29 November 2012 for street drinking under a zero-tolerance police approach. …
16y · Male·Consequences of high voltage electrical injury due to mental disorder/psychosis
Reginald, a 16-year-old Aboriginal boy with first episode psychosis, intellectual disability, and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, was admitted to the Youth Inpatient Unit and improved significantly with inpatient care. …
17y · Female·Neck compression by hanging (suicide)
XY, a 17-year-old Wemba Wemba Aboriginal girl, died by suicide on 18 July 2021 while in out-of-home care. The inquest found the Victorian Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) failed in its duty of care as …
23y · Male·injuries sustained in fall from Tasman Bridge and/or drowning after submersion i…
A 23-year-old man with bipolar disorder, polysubstance dependence, and chronic self-harm died by jumping from the Tasman Bridge hours after psychiatric discharge. Despite two suicide attempts within 48 hours preceding as…
17y · Female·Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) toxicity
JZA, a 17-year-old in residential out-of-home care, died from GHB toxicity after returning to her residential unit intoxicated in the early morning. She was monitored by residential support workers throughout the day but…
3y · Female·Bilateral Bronchopneumonia (Streptococcus Pyogenes/Staphylococcus Aureus) with k…
Jade, a 3-year-old First Nations child, died from bilateral bronchopneumonia with neglect as a significant contributing factor. Her death was wholly preventable. The coroner identified critical failures: DCJ's Muswellbro…
Multiple - hanging (2), unknown/unascertainable (1), multiple injuries from fall…
Five patients of Alma Street Centre's psychiatric unit died within 12 months (2011-2012). Three died by suicide within 24 hours of discharge; one disappeared and died; one absconded while detained and died. Clinical less…
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