Sydney parents accuse Northern Beaches hospital of failures after their two-year-old waited three hours and later died

Two-year-old Joe Massa waited in the Northern Beaches hospital ED for three hours. Photograph: Supplied

A Sydney family has accused Northern Beaches hospital of having “failed at every level” after their two-year-old waited in the emergency department for three hours before suffering a cardiac arrest and dying.

Joe Massa was a month away from celebrating his second birthday when his mother, Elouise, took him to Northern Beaches hospital’s emergency department at 7am on 14 September 2024.