‘I would do anything to have made different decisions’: junior doctor on toddler’s sepsis death
Dr Christopher Morris said he ordered pathology tests because he wanted more information before speaking to the consultants.
Two doctors who treated a toddler who died of sepsis have told an inquest that they wish they had acted differently.
Dr Christopher Morris was a junior doctor at NSW’s Orange Base Hospital when two-year-old Pippa White was transferred from nearby Cowra Hospital on 12 June 2022.
The inquest heard that Pippa had a fever, vomiting, diarrhoea and “crackles” when she breathed, with signs of abdominal pain.
Dr Morris said that he should have called for a rapid response when he realised Pippa’s heart rate was elevated, but instead ordered pathology because he wanted to have more information when talking to consultants.
