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Stephanie Gardiner

Hospital did not scan Indigenous man 'writhing' in pain

Ricky Hampson Jr died less than 24 hours after leaving a NSW regional hospital. (HANDOUT/NATIONAL JUSTICE PROJECT)

An Indigenous man was writhing and screaming in pain at a regional NSW hospital, but doctors did not scan him and he died soon after being discharged, an inquest has been told.

Ricky Hampson Jr died on August 16, 2021, from ruptured duodenal ulcers, less than 24 hours after leaving Dubbo hospital's emergency department.

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