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Inquest on Australian child denied insulin reveals family's religious beliefs

  • Elizabeth Struhs, an Australian child, died after being denied insulin by her family.
  • Her parents are members of a religious group that rejects modern medicine.
  • An inquest into her death has revealed that her mother was assessed as posing no immediate risk three weeks prior to the incident.
  • The assessing officer did not have access to the mother's past offending history, which included child neglect.
  • The coroner was moved to tears during the inquest.
Inquest on Australian child denied insulin reveals family's religious beliefs | Split Angle