Child safety ruled Elizabeth Struhs safe a day after coma, returned her home

Child safety ruled Elizabeth Struhs safe a day after coma, returned her home

Inquest heard Queensland child safety officers assessed 8-year-old Elizabeth Struhs as safe a day after she was hospitalised in coma with diabetic ketoacidosis, a life-threatening diabetes complication, in July 2019. She was returned to her father's care in August 2019 over Brisbane doctors' objections. She died at home in Toowoomba on 7 Jan 2022 after her insulin was stopped.

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