Coroner investigates Nauru inmate's treatment and death

Iranian refugee Omid Masoumali died in a Brisbane hospital after setting himself alight on Nauru.

Iranian refugee Omid Masoumali died in a Brisbane hospital after setting himself alight on Nauru. Source: AAP

A coroner is examining why it took more than a day to fly a refugee who set himself on fire in Nauru for treatment in Australia.


Omid Masoumali, who had fled Iran with his fiancee, died two days later in a Brisbane hospital.


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