The parents say they suffered mental harm, depression, and anxiety as a result of being present two hours leading up to and after their daughter was pronounced dead. They claim this was a result of the hospital’s negligence.
“It is three years on but it feels like yesterday. Everything is so vivid and I remember every detail, every last word, everything,” Allison told The Herald Sun.
“We had a beautiful little girl so full of joy and life. Even when she was sick you couldn’t get a smile off her face.”
In the wake of their daughter’s death, the parents have campaigned for stricter rules on button battery packaging.