Family of Indigenous man who died after being sent home from NSW hospital demands inquest

Ricky ‘Dougie’ Hampson Jr died within 18 hours of being discharged from Dubbo hospital, allegedly without a proper diagnosis

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The family of an Indigenous man who died after being sent home from a regional New South Wales hospital has staged a protest demanding accountability and urgent changes in the way Aboriginal people are treated in the NSW health system.

Protesters gathered outside Dubbo hospital on Monday to demand a coronial inquest into the death of Kamilaroi/Dunghutti man Ricky “Dougie” Hampson Jr in August 2021.