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Michael Ramsey

WA girl's death 'disaster' in the making

Mark Olson said Perth Children's Hospital staffing levels were "a disaster waiting to happen". (Trevor Collens/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

The coroner investigating the death of Aishwarya Aswath has questioned why it took such a tragedy for staffing concerns at Perth Children's Hospital to be addressed.

An inquest on Thursday heard nurses had expressed alarm about staffing at the hospital shortly before seven-year-old Aishwarya died of sepsis.

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