CORONERS ACT, 1975 AS AMENDED SOUTH AUSTRALIA FINDING OF INQUEST An Inquest taken on behalf of our Sovereign Lady the Queen at Adelaide in the State of South Australia, on the 19th, 20th and 30th days of July 2004, before Wayne Cromwell Chivell, a Coroner for the said State, concerning the death of Colin Eric Betts. I, the said Coroner, find that Colin Eric Betts aged 59 years, late of the Glenside Campus of the Royal Adelaide Hospital, Eastwood, South Australia died at Eastwood, South Australia on the 30th day of July 2001 as a result of pulmonary thromboembolism due to left deep calf vein thrombosis. Reason for inquest On 9 March 2001 Dr D Short, Medical Practitioner, made an order pursuant to Section 12(1) of the Mental Health Act 1993 (‘the Act’) immediately detaining Colin Eric Betts to the Glenside Campus of the Royal Adelaide Hospital, an approved treatment centre as defined in the Act. On 10 March 2001, Dr A S Czechowicz, Psychiatrist, confirmed Dr Short’s order pursuant to Section 12(4) of the Act. On 12 March 2001 Dr B Kelly, Psychiatrist, made a further order for detention pursuant to Section 12(5) of the Act. An order pursuant to Section 12(5) has effect for 21 days. Following an examination by Drs Page and Heint, Psychiatrists, on 30 March 2001, a second order for detention for a further 21 days was made pursuant to Section 12(6) of the Act. On 11 April 2001 the Guardianship Board of South Australia made an order for continuing detention pursuant to Section 13(1) of the Act, detaining Mr Betts for a period of six months up to and including 11 October 2001.
CORONERS ACT, 1975 AS AMENDED SOUTH AUSTRALIA FINDING OF INQUEST An Inquest taken on behalf of our Sovereign Lady the Queen at Adelaide in the State of South Australia, on the 19th, 20th and 30th days of July 2004, before Wayne Cromwell Chivell, a Coroner for the said State, concerning the death of Colin Eric Betts. I, the said Coroner, find that Colin Eric Betts aged 59 years, late of the Glenside Campus of the Royal Adelaide Hospital, Eastwood, South Australia died at Eastwood, South Australia on the 30th day of July 2001 as a result of pulmonary thromboembolism due to left deep calf vein thrombosis. Reason for inquest On 9 March 2001 Dr D Short, Medical Practitioner, made an order pursuant to Section 12(1) of the Mental Health Act 1993 (‘the Act’) immediately detaining Colin Eric Betts to the Glenside Campus of the Royal Adelaide Hospital, an approved treatment centre as defined in the Act. On 10 March 2001, Dr A S Czechowicz, Psychiatrist, confirmed Dr Short’s order pursuant to Section 12(4) of the Act. On 12 March 2001 Dr B Kelly, Psychiatrist, made a further order for detention pursuant to Section 12(5) of the Act. An order pursuant to Section 12(5) has effect for 21 days. Following an examination by Drs Page and Heint, Psychiatrists, on 30 March 2001, a second order for detention for a further 21 days was made pursuant to Section 12(6) of the Act. On 11 April 2001 the Guardianship Board of South Australia made an order for continuing detention pursuant to Section 13(1) of the Act, detaining Mr Betts for a period of six months up to and including 11 October 2001.
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