Family of 5yo who died at Canberra Hospital describes harrowing lead up to her death the day after her fifth birthday
The family of five-year-old Rozalia Spadafora has given a harrowing account of the hours leading up to her death at the Canberra Hospital earlier this month.Rozalia Spadafora's family say they were told her death on July 5 was due to myocarditis
Having again tested negative for COVID-19, the family took the girl to a doctor, who recommended they go to the emergency department at Canberra Hospital where she could have blood tests.
Rozalia and her family spent more than 24 hours in Canberra Hospital in the lead up to her death, undergoing many tests and being moved from ward to ward. At about midday on July 5, Ms Spadadora said they were moved to a paediatric ward and told the muscles around Rozalia's heart were inflamed but because no cardiac paediatrician was available, she would need to be flown to Sydney for treatment.She said Rozalia was moved back to intensive care.
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