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80y · Male·metastatic oesophageal cancer
Josef Lear, an 80-year-old prisoner, died of metastatic oesophageal cancer at the Royal Darwin Hospital Hospice on 7 March 2021. He presented with progressive dysphagia, cough, and weight loss in mid-2020, which was appr…
56y · Male·aspiration pneumonitis secondary to airways obstruction from squamous cell carci…
Edgar Forrester, a 56-year-old Aboriginal man, died of aspiration pneumonitis secondary to oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma with metastases while in custody. He presented with progressive dysphagia from September 2019…
77y · Male·sepsis due to retroperitoneal collection after biliary stent insertion on a back…
A 77-year-old Aboriginal man died from sepsis following a percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC) procedure that perforated his duodenum. Critical failures included: delayed diagnosis and treatment of peritonitis…
62y · Male·hepatic encephalopathy due to acute renal failure
Ronnie Pangata Nelson, a 62-year-old Aboriginal man, died in Alice Springs Hospital from hepatic encephalopathy due to acute renal failure. He had longstanding chronic diseases including cirrhosis, hepatitis B and C, dia…
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