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SA2000-11-28

Coroner's Finding: STURT Royston Henry

58y · Male·hanging

A 58-year-old man remanded in custody awaiting trial died by hanging in prison. He had a history of depression treated with fluoxetine and was assessed by a forensic psychiatrist who found no evidence of depression or su…

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SAmental health2000-09-22

Coroner's Finding: WURST Olga Marie

81y · Female·respiratory arrest caused by bronchopneumonia contributed to by non-Hodgkin's ly…

An 81-year-old woman with dementia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma died of respiratory arrest caused by bronchopneumonia while detained at a mental health facility. She was admitted to Glenside Hospital in November 1999 and t…

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SAhospital2000-07-21

Coroner's Finding: TILBROOK James Henry

76y · Male·pneumonia

A 76-year-old man with dementia, detained under the Mental Health Act at Glenside Hospital, died of pneumonia. He had multiple comorbidities including congestive cardiac failure and irregular pulse. On 3 November, his pn…

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SAcommunity2000-03-13

Coroner's Finding: STRANGWAYS Kenneth Charles

34y · Male·aspiration pneumonia following seizure with concomitant global severe anoxic enc…

Kenneth Strangways, a 34-year-old Aboriginal man with post-traumatic epilepsy, organic brain damage from head injuries, alcoholism and psychiatric illness, died from aspiration pneumonia following a seizure. The death wa…

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