‘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
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.
“That was a terrible night … I saw your pain and suffering,” said Dr Hollaway, the Perth Children’s Hospital ED consultant who led efforts to resuscitate Aishwarya as she died of sepsis.
“I was heartbroken I couldn’t save Aishwarya but I want to assure you that every single person at Perth Children’s Hospital involved in her resus will never forget her.”
