Sokol Nushaj should be referred to healthcare watchdog for potential unsatisfactory professional conduct after incorrectly diagnosing Ricky ‘Dougie’ Hampson in Dubbo in 2021, coroner saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA doctor who misdiagnosed an Indigenous man as suffering from complications linked to excessive cannabis use should be referred to the New South Wales healthcare watchdog, a coroner overseeing the inquest into his subsequent death has found.Ricky “Dougie” Hampson died from ruptured stomach ulcers on 16 August 2021, less than 24 hours after he was discharged from Dubbo Base hospital in western NSW. Continue reading…
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Author : Australian Associated Press
Publish date : 2024-08-20 07:23:45
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