{"id":238318,"date":"2019-06-26T14:59:23","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T04:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=238318"},"modified":"2019-06-26T16:26:54","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T06:26:54","slug":"prison-death-not-suspicious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/06\/26\/prison-death-not-suspicious\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Death ‘Not Suspicious’"},"content":{"rendered":"

June 26, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death in custody of a 58-year-old Blackbutt man jailed for manslaughter, State Coroner Terry Ryan has ruled.<\/p>\n

However, in a finding handed down last week, the Coroner noted some “systemic shortcomings” surrounding the medical treatment of Michael Leslie Burrell but none of these caused or contributed to his death.<\/p>\n

In 2009, Burrell pleaded guilty in the Brisbane Supreme Court to the manslaughter of his friend Norman Goetze, 49, at Blackbutt.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The court was told the men had been drinking together when a fight broke out.<\/p>\n

Burrell admitted stabbing Mr Goetze once in the left side of his chest, severing a major artery.<\/p>\n

Justice Roslyn Atkinson sentenced Burrell to 10 years’ jail.<\/p>\n

Burrell was serving his sentence at the Wolston Correctional Centre when he complained of nausea and abdominal pain and was transferred to the Princess Alexandra Hospital on September 17, 2016.<\/p>\n

He died at the hospital the next morning.<\/p>\n

The Coroner said Burrell had terminal liver cancer at the time of his death which had developed as a result of cirrhosis and a long-standing Hepatitis C infection.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Some shortcomings were acknowledged in the identification of Mr Burrell\u2019s abdominal pain on admission, and in adherence by hospital staff to hospital procedures,” Mr Ryan said.<\/p>\n

“However, I find that none of these systemic shortcomings caused or contributed to Mr Burrell\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

“I am also satisfied that the response by the PAH to the shortcomings identified was appropriate and sufficient.<\/p>\n

“I also acknowledge that where the PAH\u2019s clinical review identified human errors as contributory factors, the identification of those factors should not be equated with a finding of fault on the part of the relevant clinical staff.<\/p>\n

“It was necessary to assess the actions of those staff in the context of the circumstances at the time.<\/p>\n

“Subject to the systemic shortcomings identified … I am satisfied that Mr Burrell was given appropriate medical care by staff at WCC and at the PAH while he was admitted there. His death could not reasonably have been prevented.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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