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VICaged care2010-02-03

Finding into death of Gladys Vincent

60y · Female·Renal carcinoma

Gladys Vincent, a 60-year-old woman with intellectual disability residing in disability services, died from renal carcinoma. She had been diagnosed with kidn…

palliative caregeneral practice
VIChospital2019-09-17

Finding into death of Elizabeth Geiger

69y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with intellectual disability

Elizabeth Geiger, a 69-year-old woman with intellectual disability living in a disability group home, died from aspiration pneumonia after presenting with cons…

general practiceintensive carecoloxyl
VIC2014-02-03

Finding into death of George Manos

53y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia with septic shock in a man with severe intellectual disabil…

George Manos was a 53-year-old man with severe intellectual disability living in state-funded shared accommodation. His condition—severe disability affecting swall…

general practicegeneral medicine
VIC2010-05-21

Finding into death of Dianne Rose Guthrie

38y · Female·unascertained, likely natural causes

Dianne Rose Guthrie, a 38-year-old woman with intellectual disability secondary to childhood head injury and myotonic dystrophy, died at a residential disability

pathologygeneral practice
VIChospital2021-09-30

Finding into death of James Owen Lynch

71y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in a man with intellectual disability

A 71-year-old man with intellectual disability and chronic aspiration risk died from aspiration pneumonia leading to cardiac arrest. He had…

emergency medicineintensive careamoxicillin
VIChospital2012-08-24

Finding into death of Cameron Yeates

31y · Male·Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction; death certificate amended to 'unascertained' -…

Cameron Yeates, a 31-year-old man with intellectual disability (IQ 64) and longstanding gastrointestinal issues, died from acute colonic pseudo-obstruction…

gastroenterologygeneral practicecommunicationsystemwarfarin
VICaged care2011-05-24

Finding into death of Dorothy Plumb

65y · Female·Ischaemic heart disease (coronary artery atherosclerosis); probable cardiac arrh…

Dorothy Plumb, a 65-year-old woman with intellectual disability living in a residential unit, was found unresponsive in bed and pronounced dead. Autopsy rev…

cardiologygeneral practicedocumentationcommunication
VIChospital2025-11-28

Finding into death of Virginia Catherine Harris

60y · Female·Non-operative management of ruptured oesophagus (palliated)

Virginia Harris, a 60-year-old woman with epilepsy and intellectual disability living in supported accommodation, presented with abdominal pain on 18 March 2023. Initial e…

general practiceemergency medicine
VIC2022-09-20

Finding into death of Ms W

73y · Female·Complications of Dementia in a Woman with an Intellectual Disability and Epileps…

Ms W, a 73-year-old woman with intellectual disability, dementia, and epilepsy, was found unresponsive in her wheelchair and died from complication…

general practicegeriatric medicinemirtazapine
VIChospital

Finding into death of Vicki Maree Hay

50y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia

Vicki Maree Hay, a 50-year-old woman with severe intellectual disability residing in a group home, was admitted to Bendigo Hospital with severe vomiting following tw…

intensive careemergency medicine
VIChospital2019-07-17

Finding into death of Glenn Thomas King

55y · Male·Community acquired pneumonia in a man with Down Syndrome

Glenn Thomas King, a 55-year-old man with Down syndrome, intellectual disability, asthma, bronchiectasis and recurrent chest infections, died from community-acquired pneumon…

general practicerespiratory medicinecefalexin
VIChomeNew2026-06-26

Finding into death of Kerrie Terese Berlowitz

78y · Female·Hypernatraemia in the setting of lowered oral intake

Kerrie Berlowitz, 78, with cerebral palsy and intellectual disability, died of hypernatraemia (severe sodium elevation) due to dehydration. Living in supported di…

general practicedietetics
VIChospital2018-11-04

Finding into death of Kathleen Mary Thomas

81y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia

An 81-year-old woman with intellectual disability, cerebral palsy and dysphagia died from aspiration pneumonia. She resided in DHHS care with …

general practicepathologyesomeprazole
VIChome2025-06-23

Finding into death of Voula Hristeas

66y · Female·Pneumonia (with Trisomy 21 and dementia as contributing conditions)

Voula Hristeas, a 66-year-old woman with Down syndrome, dementia, and intellectual disability, died of pneumonia on 31 March 2024 at her supported disability accommodation home. She had …

palliative caregeneral practicediazepam
VIChospital2011-09-05

Finding into death of Sheryl Yvonne Martell

49y · Female·aspiration pneumonia complicating cerebral palsy

Ms Sheryl Yvonne Martell, a 49-year-old woman with cerebral palsy and severe intellectual disability residing in a group home, died from aspiration pneumonia. She was admitted to hospital on 21…

general practiceemergency medicinebenzylpenicillin
VIChospital2025-10-09

Finding into death of Stephen Ross Stronach

57y · Male·Pneumonia with contributing factors of epilepsy and congestive cardiac failure d…

Stephen Ross Stronach, a 57-year-old man with intellectual disability living in specialist disability accommodation, died of pneumonia with contributing factors o…

general practiceemergency medicineantibiotics
VIChospital2025-08-11

Finding into death of JBL

73y · Male·Multiorgan dysfunction in the setting of severe heart failure in a man with mult…

A 73-year-old man with Fragile X syndrome, intellectual disability, Barrett's oesophagus, and epilepsy died from multiorgan dysfunction in severe heart failure…

geriatric medicinecardiology
VIChome2026-01-13

Finding into death of Filippo Pignataro

52y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism

A 52-year-old man with autism, intellectual disability, and multiple comorbidities died from pulmonary thromboembolism at home. He developed respir…

general practiceemergency medicineamoxicillin
VIChospital2022-09-13

Finding into death of Vasiliki Roussis

59y · Female·Unascertained (natural)

A 59-year-old woman with profound intellectual disability and cerebral palsy died in hospital from unascertained natural causes. She had been a state …

palliative caregeneral practice
VIChospital2025-02-21

Finding into death of Douglas George Coyle

62y · Male·Complications of likely sepsis in the setting of a pseudo bowel obstruction in a…

Douglas Coyle, a 62-year-old man with Hirschsprung's disease, intellectual disability, and epilepsy, died from sepsis complicating pseudo bowel obstruction. He presented to hospi…

general practiceemergency medicinedelay
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