Child is anorexic and hospital won't do anything?

if the hospital will not take her it means she is not sick enough to take up a bed ... that is reality and you better accept it ... your sister does sound sick but if counseling has been suggested, the professionals feel she is not bad enough to be admitted to an in-patient program ... so instead of fighting the professionals, do the counseling ... and in many instances eating disordered kids do so for control, so there are some family issues that could be dealt with with counseling whether you want to acknowledge that or not ... and the other reality is, many eating disordered people continue to have the issue due to enabling by the family ... so i can see why counseling was suggested ... just because your sister has lost a great deal of weight, it obviously is not effecting her health enough to be admitted ... the kids admitted to the hospital are kids whose organs are shutting down, kids so skinny that death is their next stop ... your sister is not there yet ... and with an angry, in denial family, she could be there ... so why not take the professionals help and suggestions and when you have graduated from university and specialized in eating disorders, maybe then you can make the decisions for your sister ... but right now no one is helping her ... it has nothing to do with canadian health care (you know what your sister would get in the united states, a big fat kick in the *** unless the family has over 60 thousand dollars for in-patient treatment) ... and it is sad for your sister because if this is your attitude, blaming, denial, how can your sister even hope to get better ??? and if your parents gave her everything, maybe that is part of the problem ... why did your parents not protect her from the bully by switching schools ??? quit blaming and focus on your sister ... start the counseling with an open mind otherwise you are only hurting your sister ...