Doctors urged mental health assessment before girl's preventable diabetes death
Doctors treating Elizabeth Struhs recommended involuntary mental health assessment of her mother, Kerrie, after the eight-year-old was hospitalized with diabetic ketoacidosis in 2022. Kerrie believed God would heal her daughter's type 1 diabetes. Despite doctors' objections, child safety officers returned Elizabeth home to her parents, who later withheld insulin, leading to her death.
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Published 15 Oct 2026, 06:32 UTC · Updated 15 Oct 2026, 06:51 UTC
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