The opposite of defensive medicine – not doing enough tests in the UK:

The father had taken her to the GP earlier in the week, and the GP had told him that he was “wasting his time”, and that the child would soon put the weight back on. The father asked for the child to be sent to the hospital, and the GP refused this.

We got the child into the ambulance and starting running our tests.

Her pulse was normal, as was her blood pressure and oxygen levels.

Her blood sugar was not normal. It was above 33.0 mmols (which is, I think, around 660 dg/l). The normal value is around 5 mmols.

The child is (almost certainly) an undiagnosed diabetic.