00:00 An energetic pocket rocket is how Rosalia Spadafora's mother Katrina described her.
00:07 But in July last year, just a day after her fifth birthday, she died of myocarditis, a
00:13 rare inflammation of the heart.
00:16 Today the coroner's court heard by the time Rosalia was being prepared for travel, she
00:21 was not stable enough to be transferred to Sydney.
00:24 Medical assisting the coroner, Michael Fordham, said medical experts will tell the inquiry
00:30 that if the condition had been diagnosed when it first became apparent up to 12 hours earlier,
00:36 she may well have survived.
00:38 Mr Fordham also noted important test results were missed and poor coordination between
00:44 staff led to the delay.
00:47 Rosalia's mother told the hearing today by the time she was taken to hospital, her daughter
00:52 was unable to walk.
00:54 Members of Rosalia Spadafora's family have packed out the coroner's court today where
00:59 some were overcome as the details of the delays in her treatment were revealed.
01:05 The inquiry will continue for the rest of the week and will resume in December.
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