Burned refugee would have had 95% chance of survival in Australia, inquest hears

Burns specialist says conditions at Nauru hospital ‘wholly unacceptable’ to treat Omid Masoumali

An Iranian refugee who set himself on fire on Nauru would have had up to a 95% chance of survival had be been treated in Australia, an inquest has heard.

A Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital burns specialist, Jason Miller, treated 23-year-old Omid Masoumali about 30 hours after he burned himself in April 2016, before he died of organ failure.

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