A family has been left devastated after a young girl died a little more than a week after a routine operation. Aliyah Yugovich, three, underwent a tonsillectomy at St John of God on Friday June 28 and was discharged the following day. However the toddler was admitted to Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH) three days later on July 1 where she was diagnosed with Influenza A after she ran a fever and had flu-like symptoms.
She was discharged on Wednesday July 3 but suffered a medical episode the following morning where she reportedly coughed and vomited blood. Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion. An ambulance was called and paramedics performed CPR before rushing her to Midland hospital.
Aliyah was then transferred to PCH within hours where she was placed in a coma and put on life support in the Paediatric Critical Care Unit. Tragically, brain scans and an EEG on Saturday revealed there was no brain activity, and Aliyah died on July 7. Aliyah’s mother, Jessica Yugovich, described her daughter as “too perfect for this world” in an emotional post on Facebook.
“Life will never be the same without you,” she wrote. “You are the most beautiful girl to ever step foot on this earth. None of this is fair, it was never meant to be with way, but I hope you know how proud we are of you.
“You fought until the very end, but it’s time to let you rest. We love you to the moon abd back, always and forever our little angel.” More th.
