Doctor misunderstood why girl who later died of sepsis was brought to WA hospital, inquest hears

Aishwarya Aswath's father tells inquest the family's pleas with medical staff to escalate her care were ignored

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A Perth 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.

Aishwarya, seven, died of sepsis in April last year, hours after presenting to the Perth children's hospital emergency department with a fever and unusually cold hands.

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