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Tara Cosoleto

Coroner finds girl's hospital death was preventable

Amrita Lanka was eight when she died in a pediatric ED in 2023. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS)

An eight-year-old girl's death was preventable, a coroner has found as she criticised a Melbourne emergency department doctor's response.

Amrita Varshini Lanka's parents nodded and wiped away tears as Victoria's deputy state coroner Paresa Spanos handed down her findings on Wednesday.

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