Inquest held last week into the death of St Albans girl
The Autism News | English
AN autistic teenager, known for suffering in silence, became severely ill during the days leading up to her death, an inquest heard last week.
The parents of Sophie Harmsworth were forced to call their doctor for a home visit after the 14-year-old suddenly started vomiting on February 8 this year.
Dr Mark Bevis, from the Highfield Surgery in St Albans, was allocated to visit Sophie at her New House Park home that afternoon.
At Hatfield Coroners Court on Friday, July 29, Dr Bevis was questioned by the family’s barrister Oliver Williamson about his home visit, and a subsequent one on February 10.
The court heard how Sophie was bringing up green vomit and was refusing to eat. In the parents’ statement, read out by assistant deputy coroner Frances Cranfield, they described her as looking poorly, with sunken eyes.
Dr Bevis told the court that he was aware of Sophie’s autism as he had seen her before, but not for some time.
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