Friday 6 September 2019

Court rejects NHS trust bid to stop Muslim family representing sick girl

Court rejects NHS trust bid to stop Muslim family representing sick girl Barts NHS trust criticised for bringing Islamic religious beliefs into life support case

An NHS trust has been criticised for arguing that the family of a seriously ill five-year-old girl are incapable of acting in her best interests because of their Islamic religious beliefs.

The parents of Tafida Raqeeb, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in February and is on a life-support machine, want to fly her to Italy for treatment against the judgment of doctors at the Royal London hospital. The Guardian

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