{"id":270688,"date":"2025-11-19T00:57:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T00:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/270688\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T00:57:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T00:57:16","slug":"schoolgirl-dies-in-unexplained-circumstances-after-being-rushed-to-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/270688\/","title":{"rendered":"Schoolgirl dies in unexplained circumstances after being rushed to hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Scottish schoolgirl has died in unexplained circumstances after being rushed to hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Police Scotland said officers received a report around 11.40am on Monday that an 11-year-old girl had taken unwell in the Helensburgh area.<\/p>\n<p>The Hermitage Academy pupil was taken to the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow on Sunday and died on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Police said her death is being treated as unexplained and enquiries are ongoing to establish the circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>A Police Scotland spokesperson said: \u201cAround 11.40am on Monday,  November 17, we received a report of an 11-year-old girl taken unwell in the Helensburgh area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe had been taken to the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow on Sunday, November 16, and died on Monday, November 17.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe death is being treated as unexplained and enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Argyll and Bute Council said it was \u201cdevastated\u201d to hear about the death of one of its pupils who attends a school in Helensburgh.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson said: \u201cOur thoughts are with their family and friends at this awful time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are providing ongoing support to their family along with staff and pupils at the school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Scottish schoolgirl has died in unexplained circumstances after being rushed to hospital. Police Scotland said officers received&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-270688","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}