Inquest into the death of Peter GLEN

52y · Male·hepatic failure secondary to hepatocellular carcinoma which developed from cirrhosis of the liver, caused by chronic alcoholism and hepatitis C

Peter Glen, aged 52, died from hepatic failure secondary to hepatocellular carcinoma developed from cirrhosis caused by chronic alcoholism and hepatitis C. He was an inmate at Long Bay Correctional Centre when diagnosed with end-stage cancer in March 2019, three weeks after incarceration. He received appropriate medical care including specialist hepatic review, transarterial chemoembolization, palliative admission to Westmead Hospital, and subsequent transfer to the correctional hospital's medical subacute unit on an end-of-life care plan. The coroner found no evidence of deficiency in his medical management. His death resulted from natural disease progression in the setting of established cirrhosis and hepatitis C, with no preventable factors identified.