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Fraser Barton

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Inquest into qld rheumatic heart disease | History Defined

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said her government will probe the deaths of three Indigenous women. (AAP)

The Queensland Coroners Court will investigate the deaths of three Indigenous women with rheumatic heart disease in Queensland's northwest.

The women - aged 17, 18 and 37 - were reportedly given painkillers and sent home from the Doomadgee Hospital in the state's northwest. They later died after being turned away by the emergency department, ABC's Four Corners says.

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