The parents of a toddler who died of leukaemia at a hospital in Western Australia after they say they repeatedly asked for blood tests have called for the doctors who treated their son to be stood down.
Sanjoy and Saraswati Dhar's son Sandipan died at Joondalup Hospital in March after contracting acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
Mr Dhar, who met with hospital officials more than a week ago to seek answers about his son's care, said the doctors and nurses who treated the 18-month-old should be suspended pending investigations.
The toddler's parents said they repeatedly asked for blood tests from GPs at Key Largo Medical Clinic and at Joondalup Hospital when they attended two days before he died.
The couple said the referral letter they took with them to the hospital also made a request for blood tests, but Mr Dhar claimed that was overruled by the emergency department doctor.
"I'm not angry with anyone, but we are frustrated because it could happen in a third world country ... but a country like Australia, it's not accepted," Mr Dhar said.
He claied medical experts had told him that if Sandipan had been diagnosed there was a possibility he would still be alive.
Ramsay Health Care announced an independent external review into paediatric emergency services at Joondalup Health Campus last week.
Sandipan's parents have called for an inquest into their son's death and are finalising official complaints with the regulator of Australian health practitioners about doctors at the hospital and medical centre.
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