Doctor warned Elizabeth Struhs’ parents the eight-year-old would die without insulin, court hears
Assoc Prof Louise Conwell says Elizabeth was ‘minutes from death’ during hospital visit in 2019, and that she had told her mother insulin was ‘essential for life’
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A senior doctor involved in Elizabeth Struhs’ care said she had warned both parents the 8-year-old would die without insulin, two years before her death, allegedly due to their decision to take her off the medication, a court had heard.
Assoc Prof Louise Conwell worked as a senior paediatric endocrinologist at the Queensland Children’s hospital when Elizabeth was admitted with “severe” diabetic ketoacidosis on 17 July 2019, she said. She told the court Elizabeth was “extremely emaciated” and weighed just 13kg, needed to be intubated, and was initially treated at the intensive care unit.
Law (Australia) | The Guardian
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