MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'coroner'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:21:31 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4343316&cid=t_135621_140_f&fid=35772&url=http%3A%2F%2Fshutah.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F01%2F13%2Fi-will-write-to-the-medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency-asking-if-more-research-is-needed-into-the-drug%2F Citalopram Inquiry:  On 7 December 2010 Birmingham Coroner Aiden Cotter said he would write to the MHRA and ask if more research is needed into this drug.  The statement was made following an inquest into the death of a 42 year old mother of two, who had committed suicide in October 2010. Professor David Healy, [...] (Source: SEROXAT WEBLOG) SEROXAT WEBLOG blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4343316 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:37:44 +0100 4343316 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3658956&cid=t_135621_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmourning-the-death-of-strangers%2F2010.06.13 I was about to leave work a few nights ago when EMS was dispatched to a 10-50, which is a motor vehicle accident. Enough years in emergency care and that tone makes your radar, but doesn’t create much of a blip. Many of those crashes have EMS arrive, only to discover no injuries. Some have patients transported, with minor problems that lead to their speedy evaluation and discharge from our ER. A few have serious, life-threatening injuries. They take all our speed, skill and attention to save life and limb. And often, require transfer to other facilities. But this last call was none of those. Around 1AM the radio traffic crackled back to dispatch (which we could hear in the emergency department): “Probable Signal Nine.” Signal Nine means the victim is dead at the sc... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3658956 Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:00:16 +0100 3658956 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2240987&cid=t_135621_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D6332 Imagine the consternation in the public mind regarding the conflicting autopsy reports on Kugan who died whilst in Police custody. There were so many differences that it’s no surprise that Kugan’s mother has lodged a report After discovering vast discrepancies in the two post-mortem reports, the family of dead detainee A Kugan did the next sensible thing - lodge a police report and hope to see justice done. This morning, M Indra did just that. She lodged a police report against Serdang Hospital and the pathologist who conducted the first post-mortem on her son’s body. Accompanying her to the Petaling Jaya police district headquarters to lodge the report were her lawyer, two MPs and several family members. Dr Abdul Karim Tajudin of Serdang Hospital performed the first post-mo... Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2240987 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2240987 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2129596&cid=t_135621_155_f&fid=36519&url=http%3A%2F%2Feforensicmed.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F01%2Fcoroners-and-justice-bill.html xcen > itThe long-awaited Coroners and Justice Bill has been published, having finally been included in the Queen's speach in December.The Bill repeals the Coroners Act 1988, and Part 1 sets out the duty on Coroners to investigate certain deaths (where the Coroner has reason to suspect that the deceased died a violent or unnatural death, or where the cause of death is unknown, or where the deceased died in custody/ state detention).Of great interest in the UK is the introduction of reforms of the death certification process, and the Bill sets out a new duty on Primary Care Trusts (England) and Local Health Boards (Wales) to appoint 'medical examiners' to scrutinise, and enquire into, deaths in which doctors have issued Medical Certificates of Cause of Death - a function proposed in a Depar... Forensic Medicine Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2129596 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:06:00 +0100 2129596 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1825689&cid=t_135621_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D4622 Alright, it’s not quite Gone in 60 seconds but Gone in 6 hours. It’s only in Bolehland where you can find such an efficient system. Death, police report, burial permit, cremated, all in 6 hours. Amazing. Heck, things seem to have moved faster than death in a hospital! If only the same efficiency could be exhibited by the farce force responding to various other recent police reports we’ve read about in the press. Anyway the deceased man’s relatives are apparently upset with this blinding display of efficiency, the only apparent hiccup being the failure to contact the relatives (as stated in the report). Someone somehow had apparently missed the fact that the deceased’s employer had his mobile phone and nephew’s business card in his possession. Cause of d... Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1825689 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1825689 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=982593&cid=t_135621_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F175527748%2F Autism has been mentioned as a possible diagnosis in the recent court cases of two defendents. One is a 19 year old Japanese teenager who fatally stabbed a teacher and wounded another teacher and a dietitian at an elementary school in suburban Osaka in 2005. He has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by the Osaka High Court. In southern Illinois, 52-year-old Martha Hampton, a former coroner investigator, was accused in 2005 of stealing from dead people—-taking cash and a coin collection from the homes of two dead men and also stealing from a third man’s home. Her attorney has now filed a motion to have her declared “mentally unable to stand trial”: [John] Delaney described Hampton as a “very nice lady” who suffers from Asperger’s syndrome, a form ... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=982593 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:10:27 +0100 982593 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=814177&cid=t_135621_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F08%2F21%2Fnurse-killed-elderly-british-man-with-insulin-overdose%2F Filed under: Drugs, Daily News, CareThis is sad: an elderly British man was the victim of an accidental insulin overdose. Leslie Avenell, who was 82, had diabetes. He was living in a care home where he had the assistance of a nurse. Turns out, the nurse injected Mr. Avenell with 84 units of insulin - ten times the correct dose. The death has been ruled an accidental mishap caused by neglect. The awful mistake took place after the nurse misread discharge papers for Mr. Avenell from a local hospital, which stated the patient should be given "8U" (eight units) of insulin. So ruled the coroner assigned to investigate the case.Complicating the case: postmortem results show that Mr. Avenell died from bronchial pneumonia. However, the coroner says he cannot rule out the fact that the overdose con... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=814177 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 814177 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=765014&cid=t_135621_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F138643781%2F In February of 2006, 17-year-old Tim Whattler hung himself from a doorknob in his room in a psychatric unit Beech Court in Bridgwater, in England, just six hours after he had been admitted. Whattler had Asperger’s syndrome and had a history of difficulty with both educational and psychiatric placements; he had attempted suicide before and had several self-inflicted cuts on his arms. The coroner, Michael Rose, ruled that staff were not guilty of neglect but needed more training in Asperger’s Syndrome, as reported by the May 10 BBC News. The July 30th Telegraph chronicles Whattler’s life. He was ten years old, his parents, Dean and Elizabeth Whattler note, when “his life started to go badly wrong.” The Whattlers behave with extraordinary control, but there is no... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=765014 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:34:27 +0100 765014