Paediatrician Puzzled By Savannah Hall's Condition

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Prince George, B.C. - Savannah Hall's low body temperature and low sodium levels "Just didn't fit the with history I had been given " tesitified Dr.Jean Hlady. She is the Paediatrician who examined Savannah Hall when the child arrived at  BC  Children's Hospital in  Vancouver.

In her testimony  at the Coroner's inquest into the 2001 death of the three year old,  Hlady  said  some of the briuising on Savannah's body were "concerning" but she  was not prepared to say the bruising  was the result of  abuse. "I have seen cases where, without a doubt I could say  bruising was the result of inflicted trauma, but in  the case of Savannah, I noted them as concerning."

Dr. Hlady had been with Children's Hospital for nearly 20 years at the time Savannah Hall arrived at the Vancouver Hospital.  She says   she still finds the case puzzling, but  says the theory presented by Dr.  Marie Hay  ( that low sodium levels may have lead to a  seizure resulting in vomiting and aspiration) is possible "It outlines a series of events that are possible, but I would need to know what the child had been fed, but it is a possibility."

Two of the jurors dabbed  away tears as Dr Hlady read aloud the report that detailed the final moments of Savannah's life.  Inthe gallery, Savannah's natural mother cried and was  being held in the arms of an aunt as  Hlady  told the inquest that  Savannah was declared brain dead at 3:05 on the afternoon of January 26, and was taken off life support at  5:35. her heart stopped beating 15 minutes later.

The inquest  continues.

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