Thanks for logging in.

You can now click/tap WATCH to start the live stream.

Thanks for logging in.

You can now click/tap LISTEN to start the live stream.

Thanks for logging in.

You can now click/tap LATEST NEWS to start the live stream.

LISTEN
Watch
on air now

Create a 6PR account today!

You can now log in once to listen live, watch live, join competitions, enjoy exclusive 6PR content and other benefits.


Joining is free and easy.

You will soon need to register to keep streaming 6PR online. Register an account or skip for now to do it later.

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

Aishwarya Aswath’s family continue fight for answers

6PR
Article image for Aishwarya Aswath’s family continue fight for answers

The parents of Aishwarya Aswath will meet with Health Minister Roger Cook today.

The seven-year-old died while waiting for treatment at Perth Children’s Hospital emergency department.

A damning report into her death has found several failures in the hospital’s systems.

Her father Aswath Chavittupara said he is disappointed with the findings of the report and will continue his calls for an independent review.

“A lot of items mentioned in the report, some of them are not true, some of them are misplaced and some of them are misinterpreted,” he told Liam Bartlett.

“We just don’t want to look into our matter, we want to go back in time and investigate on a lot of cases.”

He said he will request that a family member be part of any independent review.

Press PLAY to hear his emotional plea for answers

Opposition health spokesperson Libby Mettam has echoed the AMA’s calls to sack Roger Cook, and said he must carry responsibility for the “systemic failures”.

“The buck stops with the Minister for Health,” she said.

“The fact that he still does not acknowledge that there were issues with chronic under staffing at Perth Children’s Hospital is beggars belief when you read the report.

“The spin that we are hearing from the Minister for Health about the fact that we’re continuing to improve the system, is in contradiction to what we are hearing on the ground.”

Press PLAY to hear the full interview

(Photo: Marta Pascual Juanola/ WA Today.)  

6PR
Advertisement