A young student with a severe nut allergy tragically died four years after suffering a 'catastrophic' anaphylactic shock at her brother's wedding banquet, an inquest heard. Tania Kaur Khasriya suffered a hypoxic brain injury which left her unable to communicate after eating a dish at Indian restaurant Mehfil in Southall, west London, which contained nuts.
The inquest into the 24-year-old's sad death heard she had her palliative care withdrawn with the consent of her family after doctors deemed her to have no quality of life - four years after being taken ill, which caused her vegetative state. Ms Khasriya, from Ealing, west London, spent her last years at the Chalfont Lodge nursing centre in Buckinghamshire, where she received round-the-clock care.
Though her grieving family claimed they told the Mehfil about Tania's severe nut allergies, the restaurant disputed ever having been told and produced the booking form which made no mention of her allergies. Senior Coroner Lydia Brown, recording a conclusion of accidental death, said the 'distressing' sequence of events at her brother's wedding banquet led to her death.
