Miranda Jowett, who sought treatment for daughter Dio Kemp six times, tells coronial inquest into her death she was made to feel like an ‘overly concerned parent’
A Melbourne mother who sought medical treatment for her toddler six times before the child died of septic shock has told an inquest that her pleas for antibiotics and further tests were ignored and that she was made to feel like an “overly concerned parent”.
The inquest heard Dio, who had Down’s syndrome, was diagnosed with viral urticaria – or hives – and discharged from the hospital. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup “I wanted blood tests and I did at some point ask for antibiotics. They told me it wasn’t necessary … it’s not effective for viruses.”
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