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Nurses at Perth Children s Hospital warned management in December understaffing was compromising patient safety and it would take a catastrophic incident before anything changed, their union says.
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They say the government needs to admit the hospital system is in crisis
WA s Health Minister says Aishwarya was overlooked before her death
The role of nurses and other staff at the hospital is under intense scrutiny after the parents of a seven-year-old girl pleaded desperately with emergency department reception staff for her to be urgently treated before she died on the weekend.
Aishwarya Aswath s parents said they rushed her to the hospital at about 5pm on Saturday after she developed a fever the day before, and begged for help four or five times when her hands went cold and her eyes went cloudy.
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