Indigenous prisoner spent less than an hour in medical unit after emergency, Victorian coroner told

A coronial inquest into the death of Michael Suckling at Ravenhall Correctional Centre in Melbourne is considering if he received adequate medical treatment. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

A First Nations man who died in a Melbourne prison was the subject of a “code black” medical emergency two days earlier, but spent less than an hour in a healthcare unit before being returned to his cell, an inquest has heard.

Michael Suckling, 41, died on 7 March 2021 at Ravenhall Correctional Centre in Melbourne’s west from an enlarged heart.