Lachlan Moore, who was born with the neurodevelopmental condition Angelman syndrome, cerebral palsy and epilepsy, was found dead in bed earlier this month, hours after being sent home from the Redcliffe Hospital, north of Brisbane.
A coroner found he died from a subarachnoid haemorrhage, or brain bleed, as a result of his medical conditions, but Lachie's grieving father, Ron Moore, said: "COVID was the sail that drove it.
The Angelman Syndrome Association Australia has also written to Health Minister Yvette D'Ath and Disability Services Minister Craig Crawford with concerns about how Lachie's case was handled. "He would have had a hell of a lot more chance than he did here," Mr Moore said at the family's North Lakes home, north of Brisbane.
"I'm sorry, but you're a doctor — you have to be present with that patient when you're with that patient, because you've got somebody's life in your hands.Request for rapid antigen test denied, mother says
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