B.C. child welfare official testifies at inquiry into teen’s death in Calgary
A 15-year-old boy who died in Calgary weighing just 37 pounds was also near death in a British Columbia hospital about a decade earlier, a child welfare official from that province testified at the teen’s fatality inquiry.
The teen died of bacterial sepsis in May 2013, which was brought on by complications from untreated diabetes and starvation. “The purpose of this inquiry is to determine if we can prevent similar deaths and I’m looking at the involvement of state agencies who could have or did play a role in regard to the treatment of children generally.”Problems came to light in 2000 and 2001, but came to a head in October 2003 when Alex was brought to hospital, he said.“Without intervention at this time, it is highly likely he would have died within hours,” he said.
“I will say here that B.C. should have called Alberta. I agree with that, given the facts of the situation,” Wale said.Van de Veen said if Alberta had been notified about the risk Alex was facing, the inquiry would not be necessary.
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