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Inquest into death of asylum seeker

Hamid Khazaei
Hamid Khazaei Source: Supplied by the Refugee Action Coalition

An Iranian asylum seeker died from a bacterial infection he contracted at the Manus Island offshore processing centre. A coroner's inquest is looking at the quality of care given to the late Mr Hamid Khazaei from the time he contracted the infection to when he died at a hospital in Brisbane.


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By Stefan Ambruster, Ioane Lafoai

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An Iranian asylum seeker died from a bacterial infection he contracted at the Manus Island offshore processing centre. A coroner's inquest is looking at the quality of care given to the late Mr Hamid Khazaei from the time he contracted the infection to when he died at a hospital in Brisbane.



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