Inquest resumes into Manus asylum seeker Hamid Kehazaei's death

SBS World News Radio: An asylum seeker from Manus island was distressed and 'turning blue' when he was treated at a Papua New Guinea hospital, an inquest has been told.

Supplied image of Iranian asylum seeker Hamid Kehazaei. (AAP Image/Refugee Action Coalition)

**FILE** Supplied image of Iranian asylum seeker Hamid Kehazaei. (AAP Image/Refugee Action Coalition) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY Source: AAP

The Queensland coroner is investigating why Iranian Hamid Khazaei died in 2014 from what is usually a treatable infection.The inquest has resumed and heard the Port Moresby hosptial that treats emergency cases from the Manus asylum seeker detention centre lacked working equipment and had failed to treat him just before he had a heart attack. SBS Reporter Stefan Armbruster has been following developments.


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