War hero's tragic nursing home death after poisoning | Ballina Shire Advocate
War heroâs tragic nursing home death after poisoning Six years after war vet Maxwell Murphyâs death after swallowing cleaning fluid at a nursing home, his family are still searching for answers. Health by Lea Emery Premium Content Subscriber only Seventy-two years later, at 89, he died in pain. Mr Murphy, who suffered dementia, had swallowed cleaning fluid that was left in an unmarked bottle in his bathroom at his Gold Coast nursing home. It took two-and-a-half hours for the Lions Haven for the Aged in Hope Island to call an ambulance aft...