The parents of an 11-year-old British girl who died hours after doctors diagnosed her with constipation and sent her home are demanding answers. When Annabel Greenhalgh complained of abdominal pain, her parents took her to the emergency room at Warwick Hospital, in the West Midlands of England. Doctors said she had constipation and discharged her on the evening of October 13, 2022.
Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today The next morning, her father Craig found her unresponsive at their home in Warwick and dialled the UK emergency number 999. Despite paramedics’ attempts to resuscitate her, Annabel was pronounced dead. Her family said, between 2017 and 2021, Annabel had experienced multiple episodes of severe abdominal pain and had required hospital treatment on several occasions.
Ahead of an inquest into the popular schoolgirl’s death, her heartbroken parents Craig and Josie have spoken of the “gaping hole” Annabel’s death has left in their lives. “Annabel was an incredible child and loved by all who met her,” Josie, 45, said. “She was gentle, phenomenally bright, creative, fun and always inclusive of everyone.
“She absolutely loved her music, her fashion, her art, her friends, and her beloved cat, Reuben. “She was our greatest gift and brought so much love, joy and happiness to our lives. “Since losing her, much of our days have been filled with distress, emptiness and sorrow.
” Annabel had just started Alcester Grammar School before her deat.
