She had been looking after the baby for 12 hours when she became distressed and complained of a lack of sleep. Her father, David Pilot, told the inquest that college paperwork from his daughter's child development course showed the baby had woken her every hour throughout the previous night.
The dolls, which are designed to give youngsters a taste of the demands of infant care, are fitted with internal computers which simulate a baby crying at intervals 24 hours a day. Mr Pilot said that when his daughter spoke to him the following morning at the family home in Worthing, Sussex, she appeared "pale" and her heart was racing. She died later that day.
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After the hearing, Mr Pilot said: "Her log book shows she was woken hourly that night which is a lot for a 16-year-old with a heart condition to put up with. It was very, very stressful and in the morning she looked like a new mum herself. I question whether someone with her heart condition should have been given one of these virtual babies."
Mr Pilot said Danielle had suffered from a rare defect since birth which meant her heart was on the wrong side of her chest, back to front and had two holes in the pumping chambers.
Penelope Schofield, coroner for West Sussex, recorded a verdict of death from natural causes as a result of arrhythmia, a heart irregularity. After the verdict, David Percival, principal of Northbrook College, said babies were issued to students with instructions and parents were asked to consent to their use.
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I know its wrong since she was a teenager she got depressed due to lot of burden or responsibilities and that results in death
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