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56y · Female·Pneumonia
A 56-year-old woman with intellectual disability died of pneumonia at her DHHS group home. She presented with vomiting and diarrhoea on 23 June, and a doctor recommended hospital admission, which the patient refused. She…
28y · Male·Injuries sustained in motorcycle collision (rider)
A 28-year-old male motorcyclist died from injuries sustained in a head-on motorcycle-car collision in Mount Pleasant, Victoria. The rider was travelling on the incorrect side of a divided road (east in the westbound lane…
75y · Male·Ischaemic Heart Disease and Cardiomegaly
Robert Conkie Gray, a 75-year-old man with significant cardiac disease (ischaemic heart disease, cardiomegaly, triple vessel coronary atherosclerosis with right coronary artery thrombosis), died suddenly on a psychiatric…
40y · Male·Toxic effects of a gas
Nathan Shanahan, a 40-year-old former ADF member, died from toxic gas inhalation in his vehicle. He had struggled with depression, anxiety, and PTSD following service in the Solomon Islands where he witnessed a sexual as…
48y · Male·injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision
Christopher Stewart, a 48-year-old experienced drag racing driver, died from injuries sustained when his vehicle collided with a concrete safety barrier at South Coast Raceway, Victoria at 259.97 km/h. The initial impact…
79y · Female·Complications of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (passenger)
Erika Maria Gerlach, aged 79, died from complications of injuries sustained in a rear-end motor vehicle collision on 27 November 2017. She was a passenger when her husband's vehicle collided with a stationary car on the …
76y · Male·Bronchopneumonia complicating fractured ribs sustained in a fall on a bus
John Wilks, a 76-year-old wheelchair user, fell when his wheelchair tilted during a left-turn on a bus on 13 August 2017. He sustained fractured ribs and a small haemothorax. Although initially treated with painkillers, …
97y · Male·Complications of a fractured left neck of femur (operated), sustained in a fall
A 97-year-old man with vascular dementia, visual impairment, gait instability and multiple falls risk factors fell during a supervised outing from his aged care facility and sustained a fractured neck of femur. Despite b…
28y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with cerebral palsy
Ryan Myers, a 28-year-old man with cerebral palsy, treatment-resistant epilepsy, cortical vision impairment and global developmental delay, died from aspiration pneumonia. He developed a cough on 24 August 2017 and was s…
36y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident
David Robert Ancel Green, 36, died from multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision at a rural intersection in Victoria. He failed to stop at a stop sign while driving on an unfamiliar road as a recently lic…
25y · Female·Airway obstruction complicating laryngeal dilation for the treatment of subglott…
Ms Sobb, a 25-year-old woman with spondylo-epi-metaphyseal dysplasia causing severe airway abnormalities and subglottic stenosis, died from airway obstruction following laryngeal dilation. She was admitted to ICU with as…
64y · Male·Head and neck injuries sustained in a bicycle incident
A 64-year-old experienced cyclist died from head and neck injuries when the carbon fibre front forks of his road bicycle catastrophically failed during a leisurely group ride. The bicycle was approximately 22 years old w…
40y · Female·Clozapine toxicity in a woman with cardiomegaly
A 40-year-old woman with depression, anxiety, alcoholism and undiagnosed cardiomegaly died from clozapine toxicity after obtaining the drug from a co-resident at a Peer Recovery Community. She was not prescribed clozapin…
36y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction due to ischaemic heart disease with severe coronary …
Thomas Murphy, aged 36, died of acute myocardial infarction due to severe coronary atherosclerosis while in custody at Fulham Correctional Centre in June 2018. He had significant cardiovascular risk factors including a h…
88y · Female·Sepsis complicated by multiple organ failure in a woman with comorbidities in th…
An 88-year-old woman died from sepsis with multiple organ failure following shoulder surgery. She developed an undiagnosed urinary tract infection after placement of an indwelling catheter. Critical failures included: in…
54y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease secondary to coronary artery atherosclerosis and aneurys…
Harry Barkas, a 54-year-old prisoner with longstanding type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol, collapsed in a prison bathroom. Autopsy revealed severe coronary artery atherosclerosis with dissecting aneurysm…
59y · Female·Sharp force injuries to the neck
Seker Yildiz, aged 59, died from sharp force injuries to the neck inflicted by her husband, Mr Dursun Yildiz, using a small axe at their home in Dallas, Victoria. The perpetrator had undiagnosed mental illness characteri…
62y · Male·Blunt force trauma to the head
Gordon Harvey, a 62-year-old man, was fatally assaulted with a hammer and the premises subsequently set on fire by his intimate partner, Suleyman Kepenci, on 17-19 January 2016. This case reveals critical systemic failur…
48y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating upper cervical spine and cord inju…
A 48-year-old construction worker died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following a traumatic cervical spine injury sustained while cutting down a gum tree from a cherry picker. Tree branches struck him, causing los…
74y · Female·complications of metastatic intra abdominal malignancy (unknown primary)
A 74-year-old woman in residential disability care presented with non-specific illness in late August 2017. Following GP consultation, she was admitted to Beechworth Health Service then transferred to Wangaratta Hospital…
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