14-month-old toddler dies after doctors refuse to believe she had swallowed toxic AA battery
After the hospital's refusal to believe there was something wrong with her, Isabella Rees passed away in February 2015 after suffering multiple cardiac arrests
A couple lost their baby girl after medical professionals at the hospital refused to believe that the child had swallowed something potentially toxic, an inquest heard. Isabella Rees was just 14 months old in February 2015 when she swallowed a button battery, but hospital staff wouldn't diagnose the problem until it was too late to save her.
According to news.com.au, Isabella's final days are now being examined at a coronial hearing at the Coroners Court of Victoria, with the child's mother, Allison Rees, telling the hearing of how she and her husband Robert took their daughter to the hospital on multiple occasions in the days leading up to her death.
