===Death of Hamid Kehazaei=== On 24 August 2014, 24 year old Iranian asylum seeker Hamid Kehazaei sought medical treatment at the detention centre's clinic for an infected wound. Kehazaei's condition worsened and he could not be treated on the island. Medical staff sought his immediate evacuation, but permission was not granted until 26 August. Kehazaei was declared brain dead in a Brisbane hospital on 2 September 2016. With his family's permission, his life-support was switched off on 5 September 2016.{{cite news|last=Doherty|first=Ben|title=Hamid Kehazaei's last days – a timeline|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/dec/10/hamid-kehazaeis-last-days-a-timeline|accessdate=11 Dec 2016|newspaper=The Guardian|date=10 December 2016}} An inquest into Kehazaei's death in the Coroner's Court in Brisbane on 28 November 2016. {{cite news|last=Doherty|first=Ben|title=Hamid Kehazaei inquest: asylum seeker needed urgent transfer, medical staff agreed|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/nov/28/hamid-kehazaei-inquest-manus-island-asylum-seeker-death|accessdate=11 Dec 2016|newspaper=The Guardian|date=28 November 2016}}
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Date: 2016-12-11 03:55 am (UTC)On 24 August 2014, 24 year old Iranian asylum seeker Hamid Kehazaei sought medical treatment at the detention centre's clinic for an infected wound. Kehazaei's condition worsened and he could not be treated on the island. Medical staff sought his immediate evacuation, but permission was not granted until 26 August. Kehazaei was declared brain dead in a Brisbane hospital on 2 September 2016. With his family's permission, his life-support was switched off on 5 September 2016.{{cite news|last=Doherty|first=Ben|title=Hamid Kehazaei's last days – a timeline|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/dec/10/hamid-kehazaeis-last-days-a-timeline|accessdate=11 Dec 2016|newspaper=The Guardian|date=10 December 2016}} An inquest into Kehazaei's death in the Coroner's Court in Brisbane on 28 November 2016. {{cite news|last=Doherty|first=Ben|title=Hamid Kehazaei inquest: asylum seeker needed urgent transfer, medical staff agreed|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/nov/28/hamid-kehazaei-inquest-manus-island-asylum-seeker-death|accessdate=11 Dec 2016|newspaper=The Guardian|date=28 November 2016}}