Coronial

9 results for chronic organic brain damage

NThospital2006-05-04

Inquest into the death of Alena Rankine

2y · Female·Chronic organic brain damage as a consequence of Murray Valley encephalitis

A 2-year-old Aboriginal girl with severe brain damage from Murray Valley encephalitis died in hospital from chronic organic brain damage. She had been in…

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NThospital2004-01-21

Inquest into the death of Rita Anderson

43y · Female·unknown

Rita Anderson, a 43-year-old Aboriginal woman with chronic alcohol-related organic brain damage, was admitted to Royal Darwin Hospital in March 2002 for stabilizati…

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SAcommunity2005-03-14

Coroner's Finding: Ward Kunmanara

Unknown·Multiple causes: hanging (three cases); exposure in context of organic brain dam…

…eaths were by hanging (ages 19, 25, 27); one by exposure (age 35). Deaths were linked to petrol sniffing (chronic substance abuse causing severe neurological damage), mental health issues, and systemic service failures.…

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SAcommunity2005-03-14

Coroner's Finding: Ryan Kunmanara

Unknown·Multiple; Kunmanara Ward: neck compression due to hanging; Kunmanara Ken: exposu…

…evidence of petrol intoxication. Ken (35) died from exposure after wandering away from care; he had severe brain damage from decades of petrol sniffing. Cooper (27) died by hanging after recent release from psychiatric …

psychiatryemergency medicinedelaysystempetrol
WAhospital2005-03

Inquest into the Death of Bert Sharpe

58y · Male·Gastrointestinal haemorrhage due to erosive gastritis

…ce 1992, following a severe head injury sustained in a motor vehicle accident in 1970. This injury caused chronic brain damage and progressive mental health deterioration requiring lifelong institutional care. In April …

psychiatrygeneral surgery
SA2005-03-14

Coroner's Finding: Ward Kunmanara

Unknown·Multiple causes including neck compression due to hanging (Ward, Ryan, Cooper) a…

…ile intoxicated with petrol; Kunmanara Ken died from exposure in context of severe petrol-sniffing-induced brain damage after inadequate police search; Kunmanara Ryan died by hanging with depression but receiving reason…

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SAcommunity2005-03-14

Coroner's Finding: Cooper Kunmanara

Male·Kunmanara Ward: neck compression due to hanging; Kunmanara Ken: exposure in cont…

Four separate inquests into the deaths of Kunmanara Ward (19), Kunmanara Ken (35), Kunmanara Ryan (25), and Kunmanara Cooper (27) on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands between May 2003 and March 2004. Three deaths were by h…

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WAmental health- 11 April 2014

Inquest into the Death of Amanda Alison GILBERT

47y · Female·bronchopneumonia in context of ischaemic heart disease, chronic renal failure, a…

Amanda Gilbert, aged 47, died from bronchopneumonia with background ischaemic heart disease, chronic renal failure, and hypoxic brain injury from a 1985 hanging attempt. She had been an involuntary patient …

psychiatrygeneral medicinesystemdelaylithium
NThome2005-10-10

Inquest into the death of Kumanjay Presley, Kunmanara Coulthard and Kunmanara Brumby

Male·Suffocation as a result of acute petrol vapour inhalation

Three Aboriginal males died from acute petrol vapour inhalation while sniffing in remote Northern Territory communities. Napthan Presley (14 years, Willowra), Wallace Coulthard (21 years, Mutitjulu), and Trevor Brumby (3…

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