The death of a toddler at a busy Perth healthcare facility was probably preventable, a coroner has found.
Sandipan Dhar died in March 2024 after his family said they had made repeated requests for blood tests to find the cause of the boy’s long-running fever.
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They claim their appeals went unanswered, and the 21-month-old later died from undetected leukaemia at Joondalup Health Campus.
A coroner’s report into the tragedy, written last month and seen by 7NEWS on Friday, says Sandipan’s death was “probably preventable”, and more than a missed opportunity.
The coroner said that if the little boy had the blood test that both his parents and GP requested, his leukaemia would have been identified and he would have survived with definitive treatment.
Sandipan Dhar died on March 22nd, two days after being sent home from a Perth hospital. Credit: 7NEWS Instead, he died two days later at Joondalup Health Campus.
The coroner has made six recommendations, including proposals specific to treating children in the ED at that health campus.
The report is expected to be released publicly soon.