Singer’s treatment in Darwin has cast spotlight on inequality experienced by northern Australia’s Indigenous peopleGeoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu is a multi-award winning singer who has toured the world. He’s also a 46-year-used Yolngu man from Australia’s far north,a member of one the country’s most deprived communities, and when he ended up in hospital recently his treatment sparked a hostile debate that has raged across the country.
When Gurrumul turned up at the Royal Darwin hospital on Easter Sunday after vomiting blood he was allegedly denied adequate treatment for hours and bled internally until he ended up in intensive care.
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Source: theguardian.com