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A doctor who wrongly diagnosed a 19-month-old with gastro, days before he died of meningitis, says the misjudgement was a “major error”. Dr Paul Bumford told an inquest he was working his first shift at Wangaratta Hospital, in northeast Victoria, when an unwell Noah Souvatzis arrived on December 29, 2021. The toddler had been holidaying with his parents, Ben and Steph, in nearby Myrtleford, when he became ill, vomiting, crying for hours and had a high fever.
“I put far too much weight on these observations when I should have looked at the bigger picture.” Bumford said Noah’s treatment and misdiagnosis constantly played on his mind. “I’ve thought about probably every day since it’s happened,” he said. “A big problem for was me not listening to them. “I’ve thought about that a lot.” Bumford said he received no onboarding from the hospital on the day of his first shift, except for providing immunisation history. “Obviously, everyone looked very busy.
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