Connor Dean, a six-year-old boy with Down syndrome, died at the Queensland Children's Hospital after his heart stopped following a general anesthetic for a scan. ^[1] Deputy Queensland Coroner Stephanie Gallagher found that scurvy was the most likely underlying factor in the death of six-year-old Connor Dean on August 10, 2024. ^[2] Deputy state coroner Stephanie Gallagher ruled that a six-year-old boy named Connor Dean died from scurvy, a condition caused by vitamin C deficiency, after a cardiac arrest at Queensland children's hospital in 2024. ^[3] A forensic pathologist opined that Connor died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to cardiac arrest following general anesthetic in the setting of vitamin C deficiency. ^[4] Connor's pediatrician stated that the multivitamin supplement Connor was taking did not contain Vitamin C and was misleadingly labeled. ^[5] Scans of Connor's skeleton showed bone changes consistent with scurvy, and blood tests revealed a vitamin C level of less than one micromole per litre, compared to a normal range of 20 to 120 micromoles per litre. ^[6] The coroner agreed there was not enough evidence to say the multivitamin caused or contributed to the death, instead focusing on the failure to detect the severe vitamin C deficiency in time. ^[7] The paediatrician testified that Connor's diet contained no fruit or vegetables and that the multivitamin product the family used did not contain vitamin C. ^[8]