September 21, 2025

Was racism and bias behind the misdiagnosis of Indigenous man who died less than 24 hours after leaving hospital?

 Was racism and bias behind the misdiagnosis of Indigenous man who died less than 24 hours after leaving hospital?

Dougie Hampson died less than 24-hours after he was misdiagnosed with a cannabis-related syndrome and discharged from Dubbo hospital in August 2021. A coroner has spent two weeks hearing about what led to his death.

The cause of an Indigenous man’s death, less than 24 hours after being discharged from the emergency apartment of Dubbo Hospital, is not in dispute.
The Hampson family has granted the ABC permission…