‘I was begging them to help’: Parents who watched their seven-year-old daughter die from mysterious illness within hours of ‘getting a fever’ blame hospital staff for her death after ‘waiting two hours in emergency’
- Aishwarya Aswath rushed to Perth Children’s Hospital after developing a fever
- Her parents claim she had to wait for two hours for treatment despite their pleas
- They said the seven-year-old’s eyes had clouded over and her hands went cold
- Review of the hospital ER launched after she died hours after starting treatment
- ‘This should never happen to any other child in this country,’ the girl’s father said
The parents of a seven-year-old girl who mysteriously died blame hospital staff they claim made her wait for hours in the emergency room.
Aishwarya Aswath was rushed to Perth Children’s Hospital on Saturday after she came down with a fever the day before and her condition rapidly deteriorated.
Her parents said they repeatedly begged staff at the hospital’s reception for help as the little girl’s eyes clouded over and her hands went cold.
Aishwarya’s mother Prasitha Sasidharan claimed she was told a doctor ‘would come and have a look’ but no one came for two hours.
Aishwarya Aswath died after being made to wait for two hours for treatment in the Perth Children’s Hospital emergency room, her parents claim
An urgent review of the emergency department was launched by Western Australia Health after the youngster died within hours of doctors starting treatment.
‘I asked them… her eyes are changing, they asked if it’s normal and I said “it’s not normal, she didn’t have it before”,’ Mrs Sasidharan told 9News.
‘We pleaded with them to have a look. They didn’t think it was an emergency.
‘I went to the reception maybe four or five times. I was literally begging to them ‘please help, please help’.’
Aswath Sasidharan pictured left with the youngster’s mother Prasitha Sasidharan. He broke down as he called on authorities to get to the bottom of his daughter’s death
Pictured: Aishwarya Aswath. A review has been launched after the youngster died within hours of doctors starting treatment
The seven-year-old’s father Aswath Chavittupara broke down as he called on authorities to get to the bottom of his daughter’s death.
‘I loved my daughter. This should never happen to any other child in this country,’ he said.
The hospital’s management offered the family their ‘sincere condolences’.
‘The loss of a child is unbearable for any family and I am seeking an urgent briefing from the Health Department to understand the circumstances surrounding the seven-year-old’s death,’ WA Health Minister Roger Cook said.
He said he asked the WA Health Department to investigate the cause of Aishwarya’s death.
Her death is also being investigated by the coroner.
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