The grieving parents of a six-year-old Torres Strait Islander boy who died of “overwhelming sepsis” after he was turned away from Bamaga hospital six times have called for justice and change following a state Health Ombudsman’s report which details the systemic failures that lead to the tragedy.
Charlie Gowa already had many things he was enormously proud of in his short life, among them the fact he was the tallest in his class in his remote community in the Northern Peninsula Area (NPA), the most northern tip of Queensland. Described as ‘healthy and happy’, he was the eldest child in his family and spent school holidays playing with his best friend.
