Pippa White’s parents will ‘spend the rest of our lives advocating to stop this from ever happening again’, coroner’s court hears
The NSW deputy state coroner is examining whether the sepsis death of Pippa White was preventable and whether she received appropriate care.The NSW deputy state coroner is examining whether the sepsis death of Pippa White was preventable and whether she received appropriate care., two months before her third birthday, after doctors at the hospitals in Cowra and Orange assumed she had an acute viral illness, rather than the bacterial infection that resulted in her death.
“It is our personal opinion that Pip’s death was totally avoidable. We will never be whole as a family again,” Annah said. Annah described her daughter as “the most perfect angel in the world” and said she had been compassionate, empathetic and sensitive even at such a young age.Pippa White with her family. The inquest was shown a 25-minute montage of photos and videos of the two-year-old’s short life.The inquest was shown a 25-minute montage of photos and videos of Pippa’s short life; playing with her twin brother Leo and her older siblings Lucy, Tamika, Sophie and Bodhi and their parents and grandparents.
Pippa presented to Cowra hospital about 2pm on 12 June 2022 with a fever, vomiting, and an elevated heart rate, the inquest heard. But this didn’t occur immediately because the operating theatre was busy, the inquest heard. Pippa was taken to the intensive care unit instead and intubated about 10am.Because of shift changes and weather, the Nets team didn’t arrive until 10.10am. Pippa never left Orange – she suffered two cardiac arrests and died just after 1pm.All of the doctors believed Pippa had a viral respiratory illness when she first presented at the Cowra emergency department.
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