Two Kiwi parents living in Perth are distraught after their baby boy died of suspected meningitis after being sent home by two separate hospitals.
Princess Margaret Hospital and Midland Public Hospital both turned Malakai Matui Paraone away, misdiagnosing him with a pulled elbow and teething when his mother Nicole Thompson took him in on two consecutive nights.
The seven-month-old had a temperature, joint pains, a rash and lack of movement on the right side of his body when Thompson took him to Midland Hospital on Monday last week.
On Tuesday, he was rushed to Princess Margaret Hospital by ambulance after his conditioned worsened and he started vomiting, but was sent home with panadol.
It was only on his third visit to Princess Margaret on Thursday that hospital staff realised Malakai was dying.