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Stephanie Gardiner

'Broken': family share torment after fatal misdiagnosis

Anita Chatfield said her brother was a young man and died alone in unimaginable pain. (Stephanie Gardiner/AAP PHOTOS)

When Ricky Hampson Jr's nephew heard about his sudden death, the young boy asked: "If I go to hospital, will they save me?"

Mr Hampson Jr's bereaved sister, Anita Chatfield, recalled the moment her eight-year-old son considered his own place in the world after his uncle died.

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