2-Yr-Previous Reportedly Dies After Ready Hours for Hospital Mattress

• Joe Massa, 2, was taken to Northern Seashores Hospital in Sydney after falling sick final September
• His mother and father alleged that after being admitted to the hospital, their son waited for over two hours for a mattress — then had a coronary heart assault later that night time and was taken off life help days later
• “We have been ignored,” mother Elouise Massa advised ABC Radio Sydney

The mother and father of a 2-year-old boy who died whereas in search of therapy at a hospital in Australia are talking out, accusing the ability of failing their son “at each degree.”

“He died a merciless dying by the hands of a hospital that failed him,” mother Elouise Massa stated of her late son Joe in an interview with 9News.

On Sept. 14, 2024, a weakened Joe was taken to Northern Seashores Hospital in Sydney after having vomited all through the night time, Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC Information) reported.  

The household stated that Joe was affected by main hypovolemia, a situation during which the physique loses fluid, which is essential to sustaining organ perform, in keeping with The Guardian.

On the time of Joe’s admission, a triage nurse and an emergency trainee physician allegedly labeled him as a Class 3 affected person, a designation meaning he required therapy inside half-hour, 7News, Sky Information and ABC Information reported. (A subsequent overview challenged whether or not this was the suitable classification given the severity of his sickness, findings which the hospital stated they accepted in a press release obtained by PEOPLE.)

Nevertheless, in keeping with the household, after being admitted to the hospital, Joe was not given a mattress for over two hours.

“I don’t have any medical coaching, however I do know my son and I did know that he was deteriorating. He was not getting any higher,” mother Elouise advised the outlet. “He was getting worse by the minute.”

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“We have been ignored,” Elouise advised ABC Radio Sydney. “As quickly as we stepped foot into that hospital, Joe had no likelihood of survival.”

Greater than three hours after he was admitted to the hospital, Joe suffered a coronary heart assault, in keeping with the shops. His was taken off life help two days later as a result of mind harm he sustained, reported ABC Information.

“He had his entire life forward of him,” the household stated in a press release shared with the Guardian, “and we trusted Northern Seashores hospital to supply the care he wanted. As an alternative, he was failed at each degree.”

In a press release obtained by PEOPLE, New South Wales Minister for Well being Ryan Park confirmed {that a} Severe Antagonistic Occasion Evaluate (SAER) report had “been undertaken” and that the hospital “accepted all suggestions.”

The report, which was submitted to the New South Wales Ministry of Well being on Dec. 20, identified various missteps within the case, in keeping with Sky Information, information.com.au and the New York Put up.

In a separate assertion obtained by PEOPLE, a spokesperson from Healthscope, which oversees Northern Seashores Hospital, stated that the hospital “accepts the findings” of the overview, “together with that there was an below appreciation of the severity of Joe’s sickness and a delay in recognising deterioration.”

“The medical doctors and nurses in our emergency division are exceptionally devoted, and dedicated to offering top quality care. They’re devastated at Joe’s dying, and dedicated to implementing all suggestions to forestall an incident like this from taking place once more,” they added, noting that the hospital will proceed to “cooperate in full with any additional overview or investigations into this tragic incident.”

In his assertion, Park referred to as what occurred a “horrible tragedy.”

“Within the final 24 hours I’ve mentioned with the Secretary of NSW Well being to grasp actions being taken in response to this tragedy,” Park added. “I’ve made it clear to NSW Well being all suggestions must be carried out in full and as shortly as doable.”

Persevering with, Park added, “Because the Minister for Well being, that is among the many worst doable issues that may occur in our well being system – a younger youngster who needs to be with us is not alive. I by no means need any dad or mum to undergo this.”