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Stephanie Gardiner

DARK SECRETS: Abuse and errors before rural man s death | Vintage Vibes

A 75-year-old patient in Wagga Wagga hospital after surgery was bullied and belittled by a nurse. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

As an elderly man moaned and struggled to get out of his hospital bed in the final hours of his life, a nurse rebuked him: "You're not even close to dying, so don't even try it."

The 75-year-old was in Wagga Wagga hospital after a knee replacement in February 2017, when he was bullied and belittled by nurse Jennifer Hogg, according to a NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal ruling.

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