Doctor’s misdiagnosis led to ‘preventable’ death of Indigenous man

 Doctor’s misdiagnosis led to ‘preventable’ death of Indigenous man

Dougie Hampson died less than 24 hours after he was misdiagnosed with a cannabis-related syndrome and discharged from Dubbo hospital in August 2021.

The doctor who misdiagnosed an Indigenous man with a drug-related syndrome, leading to his death just 24 hours after being sent home from a NSW Central West hospital, has been referred to the healthc…