Complex sentence: Steele was still conscious when he arrived at St Vincent's Hospital, where surgeons removed more than 40 shotgun pellets and bullet fragments from his body, and he survived for almost a month before finally dying from complications arising from his injuries.
Split into simpler sentences: Steele was still conscious when he arrived at St Vincent's Hospital, where surgeons removed more than 40 shotgun pellets and bullet fragments from his body. The wounded Steele survived in hospital for almost a month before finally dying from complications arising from his injuries.