Woman’s meltdown prevented doctor visit in B.C. starvation death inquest, caretaker claims

The woman who was supposed to be caring for Florence Girard before she died of starvation in 2018 says Girard would go into a “meltdown” every time she was supposed to go to the doctor or receive medical care.Astrid Dahl told a coroner’s inquest into the death of the 54-year-old woman that she reported Girard’s behaviour to managers at the Kinsight Community Society but no one provided any solutions.Girard, who had Down syndrome, weighed less than 50 pounds when she died while under Dahl’s care, and the caretaker was convicted in 2022 for failing to provide the necessities of life.