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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Hannah Neale

Sister says Phillip deserved 'fearless investigation' into his overdose death

This story contains the name and image of an Aboriginal man who has died. He has been identified with the permission of his family.

When Felipe (Phillip) Esteban Alvarez overdosed five years ago the people present, including two workers employed by a drug harm minimisation organisation, did not call triple zero for possibly hours.

A coronial inquest heard in the ACT Law Courts, examined the overdose death of Phillip Alvarez, middle, after an ambulance wasn't called for possibly hours. Pictures Keegan Carroll, supplied
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