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Hamid Khazaei: Doctors did not ask for sick asylum seeker’s transfer to Australia
Doctors did not ask for a sick Iranian asylum seeker to be transferred to Australia because they believed the request would be denied, an inquest has heard.
Queensland coroner Terry Ryan is investigating the death of Hamid Khazaei, who died in Brisbane’s Mater Hospital in August 2014, 13 days after presenting to the Manus Island medical clinic.
The 24-year-old died of sepsis from…