‘I’m heartbroken we couldn’t save Aishwarya’: ED doctor tells girl’s parents

Dr William Hollaway said there was no end in sight to staffing pressures at Perth Children's Hospital on the night the young girl died
Australian Associated Press
Prasitha Sasidharan (front, left) and Aswath Chavittupara with a picture of their daughter Aishwarya. Photo: AAP

A senior doctor has broken down while telling Aishwarya Aswath’s parents he and his colleagues did all they could to save the girl’s life.

Giving evidence on Monday at an inquest into the seven-year-old’s death, Dr William Hollaway made the address to her father Aswath Chavittupara and mother Prasitha Sasidharan.