Published 07/23/2024 8:57:00 a.m.

Exeter woman died months after begging GP for help, inquest hears

A young woman, Maeve Boothby-O’Neill, died months after pleading for help with chronic fatigue syndrome, according to an inquest.
Ms Boothby-O’Neill had three hospital admissions to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital but was discharged each time.
On June 18, Ms Boothby-O’Neill told her GP, "I have been unable to sit up or chew since March," seeking assistance for food.

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BBC News

Exeter woman died months after begging GP for help, inquest hears

Maeve Boothby-O’Neill had asked her GP for "help with feeding" just four months before her death.

07/22/2024 4:47:58 p.m.·United Kingdom

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Metro News

Woman with chronic fatigue syndrome died after begging GP for help

Maeve died months after writing to her doctor for help (Picture: Family Handout) A young woman with chronic fatigue syndrome begged her GP for help just months before she died, an inquest heard. Maeve Boothby-O’Neill, 27, had written to her doctor asking for help with eating, as she had struggled to sit up. The inquest in Exeter, Devon, heard she had been confined to bed and was being cared for by her mother. Maeve, who had been diagnosed with m…

07/23/2024 7:53:02 a.m.·London, United Kingdom

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The Telegraph

Woman who died from ME begged GP for help after hospital ‘did nothing’

Doctor who treated patient cites lack of specialist care for chronic fatigue sufferers, and refusal by some to class it as a medical problem

07/22/2024 7:19:00 p.m.·London, United Kingdom

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Evening Standard

Woman with ME asked GP for help with feeding, inquest hears

Maeve Boothby-O’Neill had written to her doctor asking for help with feeding, as she was hungry.

07/22/2024 3:19:27 p.m.·London, United Kingdom

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Sky News UK

Woman with ME died after begging GP for help, inquest told

Maeve Boothby-O'Neill, 27, died at home in Exeter in October 2021 and the inquest in the city is focusing on her care from the start of that year until her death.

07/22/2024 9:15:00 p.m.·United Kingdom

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