Ealing Woman Dies After 16 Year Battle With Anorexia | |||||
The 31-year-old weighed 4.7 stone
A young woman from Ealing described as being one of 'the worst' cases of anorexia doctors had ever seen, has died. An inquest heard that Kate Chilver, 31, developed symptoms when she was twelve and spent the rest of her life in specialist medical units until eventually dying from anorexia nervosa. She weighed just 4.7 stone. Dr Frances Connan, a consultant psychologist who treated her at Vincent Square Clinic in south west London, said: 'I’d known Kate since her referral to our service in 2004. Recording a death of natural causes due to anorexia nervosa, Coroner Dr Fiona Wilcox said: 'Dr Connan described her as the most unwell patient she had ever treated.'
15th December 2011 |