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66y · Male·End stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

William Ernest Jolly, 66, died from end-stage COPD at Austin Hospital on 16 November 2012. He was serving a life sentence for murder, housed at Thomas Embling Hospital as a security patient with paranoid schizophrenia and anxiety. In September 2012, he was admitted with acute COPD exacerbation causing severe respiratory failure and hypoxemia. After assessment by a respiratory physician in November 2012, a palliative management approach was adopted following a clinical decision that invasive ventilation would be futile given his end-stage lung disease. The coroner found the custodial management of his mental and physical health issues appropriate, noting mental health issues did not contribute to death. Cause: natural—end-stage COPD.