Their beaming faces and traumatised parents graced countless news bulletins. Did ‘systemic racism’ in Australia’s health system play a part in the deaths of Amrita, Hiyaan and Aishwarya?
Amrita Varshini Lanka died on 30 April, after she was admitted to Monash Children's Hospital with stomach pains, vomiting and fever.Amrita Varshini Lanka died on 30 April, after she was admitted to Monash Children's Hospital with stomach pains, vomiting and fever.In the 21 hours before eight-year-old Amrita Varshini Lanka died in Melbourne, her parents experienced what felt like two “completely contrasting hospitals”.
Chandra and Satya are currently in Visakhapatnam, on the coast of the Bay of Bengal, performing Hindu rituals for Amrita, who died on 30 April. Last month, five-year-old Hiyaan Kapil died hours after being discharged from Logan hospital south of Brisbane. His father, Uttam Kapil,Aishwarya Aswath Chavittupara was seven years old when she died of organ failure from a bacterial infection in Perth children’s hospital on 3 April 2021. Aishwarya waited in emergency for two hours to see a doctor, despite multiple requests for help from her parents for her to be seen.
The doctor has worked for 12 years in the Victorian public system and prior to that, a decade in the United Kingdom. One who can attest to this, first-hand, is Sydney-based haematologist associate professor Nada Hamad. That moment came at a talk by a North American obstetrician who presented data which showed that black women’s obstetric healthcare outcomes were poorer “no matter what country you’re in: the UK, the US, Canada or Australia”.
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