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Farid Farid and Rachel Jackson

Toddler 'failed' in hospital death, parents want change

Toddler Joe Massa died in a private hospital that his parents say failed them. (Danny and Elouise Massa/AAP PHOTOS)

Denying a bed and an intravenous drip to a two-year-old boy with a racing pulse were among critical failures contributing to his death at a privately operated hospital, his parents say.

Toddler Joe Massa was left in an emergency chair for two and a half hours in September 2024, after presenting as a public patient to Sydney's Northern Beaches Hospital with serious symptoms.

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