A 76-year-old woman with vascular dementia and emphysema was admitted with sepsis of unknown origin, treated with antibiotics, and discharged after 12 days with improving symptoms. She re-presented 14 days later with rec…
Two related deaths from domestic violence murder-suicide. Lynette Thompson (58, Aboriginal woman) died from severe burns inflicted by her partner Alan Fletcher (59) on 8 November 2020; Alan subsequently died by hanging. …
Eric Donald Brandrick, a 47-year-old man with significant disability from a right thalamic intracerebral haemorrhage stroke in September 1988, was last confirmed alive on 31 December 1989 at Royal Perth Hospital Emergenc…
An 82-year-old man with extensive medical comorbidities including ischaemic heart disease, triple vessel coronary artery disease (previously bypass grafted), diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and dementia died suddenly i…
Graeme William Kenny, a 61-year-old man with trisomy 21 and dementia, died from right lower lobe pneumonia on 25 December 2024 at Monash Medical Centre following palliative care. He developed upper respiratory symptoms o…
Philip Riley, a 60-year-old man with Down syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, bronchiectasis, and dysphagia, died from aspiration pneumonia at Royal Melbourne Hospital. He had a documented history of recurrent chest…
A 38-year-old man with insulin-dependent diabetes, partial blindness, gastroparesis, seizures, chronic kidney disease and peripheral vascular disease died from diabetic ketoacidosis precipitated by pyelonephritis. He had…
Trina McGrady, a 43-year-old Goomeroi woman, died from subarachnoid haemorrhage due to a ruptured berry aneurysm on 15 September 2020. She had been admitted to John Hunter Hospital following incidental discovery of two l…
Benjamin Cullen, aged 41, died on 25 February 2021 from acute severe hydrocephalus secondary to a brain tumour abutting the cerebral aqueduct. He suffered three seizures on 23 February 2021, two days after release from P…
Ashley James Bropho died from neck injury at Hakea Prison in March 2023 after being assaulted by fellow inmate Evan Martin. Bropho was a vulnerable remand prisoner with intellectual disability, schizophrenia, previous my…
A 2-year-old toddler died after falling into a septic tank in his family's public housing home in a remote Northern Territory community. The septic tank access cover was corroded and insecure due to systemic failures in …
A 68-year-old woman with mobility limitations from congenital hip dysplasia was struck by a motor vehicle while crossing a pedestrian crossing. The driver failed to exercise proper caution when turning left at the inters…
Leslie Charles Linton, a 64-year-old man with severe triple-vessel coronary artery disease, presented to Royal Perth Hospital on 15 December 2023 with an infected foot wound and acute psychosis. Initial troponin elevatio…
Joseph Junior Suwedi, aged 44, died in a single-vehicle motor accident on 21 February 2023 after losing control of his car on Antill Street, Watson, ACT. He had consumed approximately eight pints of beer over several hou…
Dylan Bell, 28, died by hanging following discharge from Redland Hospital ED where he presented with acute psychosis, suicidal and homicidal ideation, and made three self-harm attempts by strangulation. Despite a concern…
Raymond John Flaherty, a 57-year-old Wurundjeri man with longstanding opioid and benzodiazepine dependence, died from mixed drug toxicity involving heroin, methadone, prescribed diazepam, unprescribed benzodiazepines inc…
A 60-year-old man with Type 2 diabetes and low mood died by hanging within 24 hours of being interviewed by police regarding child sexual abuse allegations. While police identified that suspects are at heightened suicide…
This case concerns the disappearance and presumed death of Mr Wayne Campbell, a 57-year-old man last seen on 20 August 2022. While police investigations confirmed his death on the balance of probabilities, the cause, man…
JI, a 54-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia, died from global hypoxic brain injury, cardiac arrest and cervical spine trauma following a fall onto a metal grate during an altercation with another resident at support…
A 52-year-old man died from multiple injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident after losing control on a residential street. Critical contributing factors included: riding while significantly intoxicated (blood alcohol…
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