Mother’s pleas for antibiotics for toddler who died of sepsis were ignored, Victorian court told

Miranda Jowett, who sought treatment for daughter Dio Kemp six times, tells coronial inquest into her death she was made to feel like an ‘overly concerned parent’

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A Melbourne mother who sought medical treatment for her toddler six times before the child died of septic shock has told an inquest that her pleas for antibiotics and further tests were ignored and that she was made to feel like an “overly concerned parent”.

The Victorian coroners court on Monday began an inquest into the death of Dio Kemp, three, who died after she was taken to Monash Medical Centre four times and to her GP twice over eight days in late 2019.

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