Coroner finds Melbourne girl, 8, could have been saved after hospital missed critical warnings

Key points

• A coroner has found that eight-year-old Amrita Lanka could have been saved if she had been moved to intensive care sooner at Monash Medical Centre. She died in April 2022, less than 24 hours after being admitted with gastroenteritis symptoms.
• The coroner said a junior doctor missed signs she was deteriorating. Monash Health said it has made changes to patient monitoring, escalation of care and how heart test results are read.
• The family lived in Clayton South.