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Jacob Shteyman

Doctors identified one-punch victim's bleeding too late

A coroner found a man would likely have survived a 2019 assault if bleeding was identified sooner. (Chris Crerar/AAP PHOTOS)

A father of three killed in an unprovoked one-punch attack would likely not have died but for the failings at a Hobart hospital, a coroner has found.

University of Tasmania academic Stewart Williams died from brain damage suffered in the attack by Beau Wayne Kelly at a Hobart nightclub in the early hours of February 24, 2019.

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