(Hospital notes): Deceased (male aged 53 longterm abuser
of heroin and street methadone) was admitted to hospital
after collapsing on the street outside his home. He was
conscious and able to give staff some medical history. He
gave a history of two days abdominal pain and vomiting and
past diagnosis of hep B and hep C and admitted to injecting
street methadone into his left groin. He had a quiet, grey
appearance and was of thin build. After admission he suffered
a cardiac arrest and he was resuscitated but his condition
steadily declined and a decision was made not to further
resuscitate. PM toxicology: methadone = 2.6mg/L. [Coronial
file no. 37]