A 19-year old anorexic teenager dies and her family is blaming her doctors for their inability to provide necessary care, according to the Daily Mail.
Averil Hart was found on the grounds of her school, weak and unable to stand and family and friends thought it was because her weight dropped to just less than 84 pounds. However, Averil's family is blaming their daughter's doctors.
The Harts claim that their daughter was supposed to have been at the care of a specialist so she would not have been allowed to starve herself to death. Other than this, Averil's family is also accusing the bosses of the National Health Services for allegedly altering their daughter's medical records in a possible attempt to cover up their faults.
The teenager first developed anorexia at the age of 17. She became so ill that she was even confined at the hospital for ten months. After she recovered, her parents agreed to send her to the University of East Anglia in Norwich to take up a degree in English and creative writing. The doctors reassured the family that Averil will be closely monitored by GPs at the university as well as specialists working with the eating disorders team. However, she was only placed under the care of a junior trainee psychologist who had no experience with anorexia.
Averil's case is one of 14 highlighted by the Patients' Association in a report on poor NHS care. The charity warned that too often, the health service forgets that "care and compassion should be at the heart of what staff do."
Miranda, 54, mother of Averil told the Patients' Association that their family was promised their daughter would have weekly checkups from an NHS psychologist and that her weight would also be monitored weekly.
