Coronial
VIC2022-02-10

Finding into death of Elaine Betty Sime

72y · Female·multi-organ failure secondary to poly-trauma and likely bee-sting related toxidr…

…ne Betty Sime, a 72-year-old fit and healthy woman, died from multi-organ failure following poly-trauma and bee sting toxidrome after a tree fell on her during a walk. The tree at Ruffey Lake Park Trail failed due to si…

emergency medicinetrauma surgerysystem
TAScommunity2021-06-18

Coroner's Finding: Bryers, Wallace Edgar

61y · Male·Anaphylactic reaction to bee venom

Wallace Edgar Bryers, aged 61, died from anaphylaxis following a bee sting while participating in beekeeping activities at Isis Farm on 5 January 2018. The coroner found Bryers…

emergency medicineoccupational and environmental healthproceduralsystemadrenaline/epinephrine
SAhome2025-11-27

Coroner's Finding: Nguyen, Van Tam

47y · Male·self-inflicted stab wound to the chest with penetration of the left ventricle of…

…se and was receiving methadone maintenance and mirtazapine while in custody. In early December, following a bee sting, he reported fatigue, insomnia, and visual hallucinations. He attended a Community Corrections appoin…

correctional healthpsychiatryheroin
SA2004-01-30

Coroner's Finding: WOODCOCK Gary William Burton

36y · Male·anaphylactic reaction due to multiple bee stings

Gary Woodcock, a 36-year-old chimney sweep, died from anaphylactic reaction to multiple bee stings (40-50 stings) sustained while working at height on a chimney at St Peter's College. He was unknowin…

proceduralsystem
TAShospital2025-08-29

Coroner's Finding: Scott, Nicholas Aaron

26y · Male·shotgun wound of the chest

…, escaped from Royal Hobart Hospital on 2 January 2023 while under correctional officer supervision. He had been admitted for ingestion of foreign objects. Two correctional officers failed to follow security protocols: …

correctional healthemergency medicineproceduralcommunicationmethamphetamine

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