Aishwarya Aswath’s father tells inquest the family’s pleas with medical staff to escalate her care were ignored
doctor who saw Aishwarya Aswath on the night of her death did not have access to the girl’s triage notes and misunderstood why she had been brought to hospital, an inquest has heard.
She was left in a waiting room for more than 90 minutes, despite her parents pleading with staff to escalate her care as her condition deteriorated.On Wednesday, counsel assisting the coroner, Sarah Tyler, said the inquest would examine how trained professionals could have missed the warning signs of such a serious illness.
Aishwarya was triaged in the second-least serious category by a nurse who did not take any physical observations when she arrived at the hospital about 5.30pm with her father, Aswath Chavittupara, and mother, Prasitha Sasidharan. Tyler said the inquest would hear evidence that the doctor believed Sasidharan was solely concerned about Aishwarya’s eyes, was not aware of her other symptoms and did not have access to the triage notes.A registered nurse who subsequently examined Aishwarya recorded family concern as zero, which Tyler said “does not appear to reflect the reality”.
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