Death of 5yo boy hours after leaving emergency department sparks investigation

Health officials have launched a review into how a five-year-old boy died after being sent home from a Sydney emergency department last week.

The boy, from Wahroonga, in Sydney's north, was taken by his parents to Hornsby Ku-ring-gai hospital in the early hours of August 31 suffering stomach pain. He was sent home four hours later.

The boy's condition deteriorated rapidly and he was taken to Sydney Adventist Hospital (SAN) that afternoon, where he died two hours later.

The SAN is a private hospital with its own emergency department.

Police said the death was not being treated as suspicious and they were preparing a brief for the Coroner.

Acting chief executive of Northern Sydney Local Health District, Graham Loy, said an independent review into the case had begun

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-06/5yo-boy-dies-after-leaving-hospital-ed/8876776