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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Andrew Messenger

Doctors treating Elizabeth Struhs recommended involuntary mental health assessment of her mother, coroner hears

Eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs was denied insulin and died as a result
Child safety officers decided to return Elizabeth Struhs home to live with her mother despite the objections of doctors, an inquest has heard. Photograph: BBC

Doctors were so concerned about the religious beliefs of Elizabeth Struhs’ mother they recommended she be subjected to an involuntary mental health assessment because she delusionally believed her daughter would be healed from type 1 diabetes, a coroner has heard.

Child safety officers, nonetheless, decided to return the eight-year-old home to live with her mother, Kerrie Struhs, over the objections of Brisbane-based doctors, in 2019.

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