Delayed myocarditis diagnosis left five-year-old with no hope of survival: coroner

A series of clinical failings including misreading of an ECG led to the delay, inquest finds.

A five-year-old with fulminant influenza A myocarditis was left with no chance of survival after a series of clinical failings at Canberra Hospital, a coroner has found.

Rozalia Spadafora died the day after her GP recommended that she be taken to the ED for further testing.