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 kidney cancer two years prior and was under palliative care through Western Hospital and Western Palliative Care, with GP support from Dr H.. Her condition deteriorated over three days before death. The autopsy confirmed renal carcinoma as the primary cause, with anaemia, ischaemic heart disease, Smith-Magenis syndrome, and intellectual disability as contributing factors. The death was from natural causes with no evidence of inadequate care or preventable factors.