In April 2021 7-year-old Aishwarya Aswath was admitted to Perth Children’s Hospital with symptoms including headache, high temperature, fever, lethargy and rigid hands and feet. Despite her parents’ plea to escalate medical care as her condition deteriorated, Aishwarya sadly died not long after she was carried into the emergency department.
In 2018 the Australian Sepsis Network and The George Institute for Global Health launched a national action plan to address clinical practices in the treatment of sepsis in the hope of reducing the number of lives lost to it each year.
Aishwarya’s story is a tragic reminder of the need to appropriately assess symptoms in order to diagnose early and prioritise treatment when patients first present to hospital.
Unfortunately, each year we are instructed in many cases involving the delayed diagnosis and treatment of sepsis, resulting in chronic ongoing illness, loss of limbs or death.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-24/coronial-inquest-aishwarya-aswath-death/101357058
