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'Unimaginable pain': Brother tells of family's grief after doctor's death
Key takeaways
- Artyom Avetisyan was a cardiothoracic surgery registrar at the Royal Hobart Hospital.
- Royal Hobart Hospital cardiothoracic surgery registrar Artyom Avetisyan was travelling south on the Midland Highway at Pontville in southern Tasmania when he died in a single-vehicle car crash on June 12.
- His brother, Artak Avetisyan, says Dr Avetisyan "devoted his life to helping others", and that his family was "living through unimaginable pain" after his death.
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Artyom Avetisyan was a cardiothoracic surgery registrar at the Royal Hobart Hospital. (Supplied: Artak Avetisyan)
Royal Hobart Hospital cardiothoracic surgery registrar Artyom Avetisyan was travelling south on the Midland Highway at Pontville in southern Tasmania when he died in a single-vehicle car crash on June 12.
His brother, Artak Avetisyan, says Dr Avetisyan "devoted his life to helping others", and that his family was "living through unimaginable pain" after his death.
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