Wednesday, 1 October 2014

Brain-damaged boy should have life support withdrawn, rules UK judge

Brain-damaged boy should have life support withdrawn, rules UK judge Judge overrules parents wishes and gives NHS trust permission to take one-year-old off life support.

A high court judge has ruled that a boy with brain damage should be taken off a life-support machine.

Specialists had told Ms Justice Russell that the one-year-old had suffered profound irreversible brain damage. They said it was in his best interests for live-sustaining intensive care including mechanical ventilation to be withdrawn. Continue reading... The Guardian

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