HISTORICAL FACTS: Perth children hospital - The Untold Story

'Why would I do that?': teen in court after mum killed

A teenager charged with murdering his mother and seriously injuring his sister in a suburban home has told a court he did not "do that".

AAP · Jul 21

'Cheeky and playful' boy crushed by parking meter

The family of a boy who died in hospital after he was crushed by a falling parking meter at a museum say he was "wise beyond his years, cheeky and playful".

AAP · Jan 22, 2025

Boy dies after being crushed by falling parking meter

A five-year-old boy has died days after he was crushed by a falling parking meter during a school holiday event at a museum.

AAP · Jan 21, 2025

Premier open to compo for family of hospital-death girl

West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has revealed an ex-gratia payment was provided to the family of seven-year-old Aishwarya Aswath after her hospital death.

AAP · Feb 28, 2023

Aishwarya Aswath's family given ex gratia payment over death of daughter, premier says

The family of a seven-year-old girl who died of sepsis after waiting almost two hours to be admitted to Perth Children's Hospital has already received ex gratia support, according to Mark McGowan, but could receive more.

ABC News · Feb 28, 2023

Aishwarya Aswath's parents call for WA Health Department shake-up over daughter's death

The father of a girl who died of sepsis after waiting almost two hours to be admitted to a Perth hospital calls for clarification of the coroner's report on her death, and a new WA Health Department head.

ABC News · Feb 27, 2023

Grieving parents question slow pace of hospital change

The parents of Aishwarya Aswath say a coroner's report into the seven-year-old's death has vindicated their concerns about Perth hospital staffing.

AAP · Feb 27, 2023

Cheaper gene screening makes for DNA data dilemma

Cheaper DNA sequencing promises a world of health benefits. But to realise these, careful and sensitive storage of DNA data is vital.

360info · Feb 26, 2023

Aishwarya Aswath inquest: 'Small chance' earlier treatment in Perth Children's Hospital could have saved her life, coroner finds

There was a "small possibility" seven-year-old Aishwarya Aswath, who died of sepsis after waiting almost two hours to be admitted to Perth Children's Hospital, might have lived if she had received care sooner, the state's coroner has found.

ABC News · Feb 24, 2023

'Inadequate' staffing on night of girl's sepsis death

Perth Children's Hospital was inadequately staffed on the night doctors and nurses failed to notice Aishwarya Aswath was dying of sepsis, a coroner has found.

AAP · Feb 23, 2023