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court reporter Claire Campbell

Contaminated pathology sample led to misdiagnosis and removing part of man's lung, inquest hears

A coronial inquest into the death of Dennis Charles Jackson (right) began yesterday.  (Supplied)

A medical specialist has told a coronial inquest he would have recommended regular observation instead of wrongly diagnosing lung cancer and recommending surgery for a patient who later died — if a pathology sample had not been contaminated.

Broken Hill man Dennis "Jacko" Charles Jackson died from pneumonia in January 2019.

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