A nine-year-old girl who doctors believed was in need of urgent medical treatment has been found safe and well after an appeal by police.
The Metropolitan police were contacted by staff at St Mary’s hospital in Paddington, west London, after the girl attended with a man and woman believed to be her parents on Sunday. The family left before the child could receive treatment.
The girl appeared to have type 1 diabetes with a high blood sugar count and could fall into a diabetic coma if not treated immediately, the Met said.
On Tuesday, the Met said she had been located. “The family has been located by police and the child is safe and well,” a statement said.
The family are believed to have told medical staff they had travelled to the UK so their son could receive hospital treatment, but police said inquiries had established this may not have been the case.
