Western Australia is short one major hospital, Australian Medical Association WA president Andrew Miller says.
Health Minister Roger Cook has continued to downplay the stateâs hospital crisis, which hit a tragic peak on Saturday when seven-year-old Aishwarya Aswath died after waiting two hours to be seen by Perth Childrenâs Hospital doctors, despite her parentsâ desperate pleas to have her seen earlier.
Aishwarya deteriorated in the emergency department of the Perth Childrenâs Hospital.
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Mr Cook has pledged answers for Aishwaryaâs parents but continued to defend the health system and the governmentâs response to its âchallengesâ.
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