A Queensland mother is fighting for answers after she was forced to call for an urgent review for her critically ill daughter at the Queensland Children's Hospital using a process known as Ryan's Rule.
Carly Mulheran's daughter Zara died in April and she wants to know if more could have been done to prevent the little girl's death.
"They could have done something," Mulheran said.
Established after a child's death in 2007, Ryan's Rule is for cases where a person's medical condition is not getting better or not improving as expected while in hospital.
Mulheran demanded a clinical review of her daughter Zara's care after she became critically ill.
But by April 3, the child's life support was turned off.
"It's any parent's worst nightmare, deciding it's time and you've got to let them go," Mulheran said.
Mulheran spent much of Zara's short life advocating for her daughter.
After her child's death, Carly requested medical records from the hospital and spent weeks poring over them in search of answers.
"Since she died, I have not had one single person sit down with me and explain what happened overnight on the 24th of March that led her into the ICU," Mulheran claimed.
The 20-month-old had a rare condition called hyperinsulinism.
Just before her death, she contracted hand, foot and mouth disease.
Mulheran also had long-held concerns about her daughter's heart.
"I believed that there was a heart and lung issue going on with her and no one listened," she said.
She said an X-ray and ECG done at the Caboolture Hospital in February noted abnormalities, indicating Zara's heart was enlarged.
She said she was never told about those test results.
A month later, Zara was admitted to the Queensland Children's Hospital.
"They also did a chest X-ray," Mulheran said.
"That X-ray came back with pneumonia, which they told me about but it also stated that her heart was enlarged and to call cardiology and get an echo(cardiogram).
"That wasn't done until after her cardiac arrest on the Monday."
A clinical review panel has been established at the Queensland Children's Hospital to examine Zara's case.
But the mother says urgent change is needed.
"I can't save her, I can't bring her back, but I can save the next person who's sitting in that hospital right now, fighting a system that's broken," she said.
She has also launched a petition for a rule to give parents and nurses the power to call for an immediate medical intervention if they deem a patient is in a life-threatening situation and feel their concerns aren't being heard, further adding to Ryan's Rule.
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