Aishwarya Aswath was rushed to Perth Children s Hospital with a fever on April 3
Her parents claim she had to wait for two hours for treatment despite their pleas
She died soon after being seen sparking an urgent review of the hospital system
The WA government has announced new program to stop other kids from dying
Her father Aswath Chavittupara has praised the model, named after his daughter
An internal report into her death found the girl had succumbed to an infection related to group A streptococcus, with Western Australian Health Minister Roger Cook conceding neither she nor her family received the appropriate level of care the night they attended the hospital. However, the review found no individual was responsible for the lack of care showed to the family and that staffing shortages weren t a contributing factor in the situation. The girl s death followed months of concerns about understaffing and treatment delays at hospitals across Perth. When Aishwarya was taken to hospital staff placed her in the second-least urgent category.
Some of the staff were ignoring us because they just didn t want to even talk to us, Aswath Chavittupara told 9News on Thursday.
Western Australia Health Minister Roger Cook said the schoolgirl died of complications related to group A streptococcus and that neither she nor her family received the appropriate level of care the night they attended the hospital. It is associated with very poor health outcomes and high mortality, Cook said, on Wednesday. The report makes it clear that Aishwarya and her parents should have received better care. They did not get the help they asked for.
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West Australian Health Minister Roger Cook apologised to the parents of Aishwarya Aswath.