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TASaged care2020-02-14

Coroner's Finding: Whitney, Margaret Ann

81y · Female·hypovolemic shock due to haemorrhage during orthopaedic repair of a femur fractu…

Margaret Ann Whitney, an 81-year-old woman with vascular dementia, died from hypovolemic shock due to haemorrhage during orthopaedic surgery for a femoral fracture sustained in a fall at her nursing home. She had been su…

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TASaged care2026-01-07

Coroner's Finding: Bird, Allan Roy

92y · Male·Consequences of accidental fall at RACF: post-operative delirium, left femoral i…

A 92-year-old man resident in an aged care facility sustained an unwitnessed fall resulting in left hip fracture, requiring surgical fixation. He developed post-operative delirium and died 8 days later. The coroner ident…

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