Coronial

5 results for congenital blindness

VIChospital2016-06-24

Finding into death of Wendy Elizabeth Pennycuick

65y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia following emergency laparotomy for incarcerated umbilical h…

A 65-year-old woman with intellectual disability, congenital blindness, diabetes, and epilepsy presented with an incarcerated umbilical hernia requiring emergency su…

colorectal surgeryintensive care
VIChome2024-06-13

Finding into death of Russell James Aldridge

57y · Male·Complications of congenital rubella (palliated)

Russell Aldridge, aged 57, died of complications from congenital rubella at his SDA care home. He had complex medical needs including intellectual disability, deafness, …

general practicepalliative caremorphine
VIChospital2025-08-17

Finding into death of Wayne Daniel Holland

61y · Male·urosepsis in the setting of chronic suprapubic catheterisation in a man with con…

…1, died from urosepsis related to chronic suprapubic catheterisation. He had significant disability from congenital rubella and lived in specialist disability accommodation. He presented to hospital on 26 July 2024 with …

emergency medicineinfectious diseasesmetaraminol
VIChome

Finding into death of Andrew Simon Beare

33y · Male·Cerebral haemorrhage

A 33-year-old man with Lowes syndrome (rare genetic disorder causing intellectual disability, blindness, epilepsy, and feeding difficulties) died from cerebral haemorrhage while in supported accommodation. He…

general medicineneurologyatenolol
NThome2016-06-22

Inquest into the death of Richard Kunia

6y · Male·respiratory failure due to pneumonia

Richard Ted Kunia was a 6-year-old Aboriginal child with multiple serious congenital conditions including cerebral palsy, epilepsy, severe developmental delay, aspiration syndrome, and micr…

paediatricsintensive caremorphine

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