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| Alina Sarag TB death: Neglect 'played part' | Alina Sarag TB death: Neglect 'played part' |
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| A teenager from the West Midlands who contracted tuberculosis (TB) died from natural causes but neglect played a part, a coroner has ruled. | A teenager from the West Midlands who contracted tuberculosis (TB) died from natural causes but neglect played a part, a coroner has ruled. |
| Alina Sarag, 15, died last year at Birmingham Children's Hospital despite visiting her doctors' surgery and four different hospitals. | Alina Sarag, 15, died last year at Birmingham Children's Hospital despite visiting her doctors' surgery and four different hospitals. |
| Coroner Aiden Cotter said it was a "gross failure" of her GP, Dr Sharad Pandit, not to refer Alina for tests. | |
| The inquest heard health professionals told her she may have bulimia. | |
| Mr Cotter said: "A diagnosis should have been made and treatment should have been started. | |
| "I am satisfied that the failure to take action did have a direct causal connection to Alina's death." | |
| Alina's father Sultan Sarag has described the care she received as "atrocious" and said not enough was done by medical professionals to prevent her death. | |
| Alina had been treated for TB in 2009 which she is thought to have contracted from a fellow pupil at Golden Hillock School in Birmingham. | |
| The inquest, which opened last month, heard a review into her care identified missed opportunities to diagnose her condition. |