Amy Russell says all regional Queensland hospitals should have 24-hour access to ultrasound machines, after her daughter's potentially life-threatening illness was missed.
abc.net.au/news/gympie-hospital-misdiagnoses-girl-who-needs-emergency-surgery/102224382A Queensland mum says regional hospitals should have all-hours access to medical imaging, after her daughter's potentially life-threatening condition was misdiagnosed.A mother says her six-year-old's appendicitis was mistaken for gastroenteritis by medical staff
Amy Russell said medical staff at the Gympie Hospital diagnosed her six-year-old daughter with gastroenteritis on Saturday, March 18, and they were sent home. A doctor instead advised her to take her daughter to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital — more than an hour's drive away — if her condition worsened over the weekend.
An ultrasound showed the child's appendix had burst causing a large stomach abscess. Scar tissue was already forming on her small bowel. Ms Russell said she had been told her daughter could suffer lifelong consequences because of the earlier misdiagnosis.'Not in the clear yet'"Appendicitis is a fairly routine childhood illness, there should be an easy way of diagnosing it," she said.She said her daughter's ordeal ended up being worse than it needed to be because of the misdiagnosis.
"If that emergency care is needed locally, then we should have basic services at the very least and imaging is one of those," Mr Perrett said.Mr Perrett contacted Queensland Health Minister Yvette D'ath about the matter but said she was yet to respond to his letter.
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