A 15-year-old schoolgirl died of tuberculosis after a series of doctor errors missed the chance to detect and cure her disease, with her GP claiming she was 'lovesick', an inquest heard today.
Alina Sarag died in January last year after a GP allegedly advised her that her physical deterioration was due to mental health problems.
The teenager’s father, Sultan Sarag, told Birmingham Coroner’s Court his daughter was told she needed to see a psychiatrist or even a spiritual healer.
Alina's parents called her GP more than 50 times about their daughter’s ailing condition over a four-and-a-half month period before her death.
She was also seen by more than five doctors at four different hospitals but medics failed to detect the curable disease.
Her distraught father, Sultan Sarag, 43, broke down as he told the court: 'The doctor said to her ‘Did you meet someone on holiday? Are you missing him?
'She found it very distressing he was suggesting she was lovesick for a boy.
'He said all the problems were in her head and she should see a psychiatrist or spiritual healer.'
Mr Sarag also claimed Dr Sharad Shripadrao Pandit accused him of 'mollycoddling' Alina, and refused to test his daughter for TB.
He told the inquest: 'He said: "We don’t need these tests, we are not going to get them done either."'
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