Promise of answers amid revelation doctors were off sick when Aishwarya died
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Four out of the required 18 doctors were off sick at the Perth Childrenâs Hospital emergency department when seven-year-old Aishwarya Aswath died on Saturday.
Aishwaryaâs parents rushed her into hospital with a fever but she died after a two-hour wait in the ED despite her parents pleading multiple times for help.
Her parents may not know her cause of death for weeks to come.
âI want to again express my condolences to her family,â Health Minister Roger Cook said at a press conference on Tuesday.
It s taken the tragic death of a seven-year-old girl to blow wide open a crisis at Perth Children s Hospital.
Aishwarya Aswath s mother and father said she waited up to two hours for treatment in the emergency department while they pleaded for medical care.
Emergency department nurses say they have been pleading for help too, sounding the alarm a month ago about staffing issues and safety.
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Aishwarya Aswath s parents say they waited for hours.(Nine) We said it d take a catastrophic situation before anything changed, Australian Nursing Federation WA president Mark Olsen said. How prophetic that was. How sad that was.
Cook praises WAâs health system, but doctors and nurses tell of âfatigued, worn outâ staff
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Cook praises WAâs health system, but doctors and nurses tell of âfatigued, worn outâ staff
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In trying to figure out what might have happened at Perth Childrenâs Hospital on Easter Saturday night, an experienced medico shared a chilling observation.
The workforce had been asked by the system to âsprintâ for the past four or so years and clinicians are âfatigued, worn out, and have got to the point where they are very tolerant of the misery of others.â
Multiple doctors were off sick at the time the little girl was dying – but authorities have warned against leaping to conclusions about what caused her death.
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