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Parents at war over infant's life support
Updated On: 02 November, 2009 08:03 AM IST | | Agencies
A father is fighting moves by a hospital to withdraw the support keeping his one-year-old son alive
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A father is fighting moves by a hospital to withdraw the support keeping his one-year-old son alive
A father is locked in a desperate battle to prevent a hospital from withdrawing medical support keeping his baby son alive.
The hospital wants to get a court order that will allow it to take the boy off life support. But the application has divided the one-year-old boy's parents, who are in their 20s.
The mother is supporting the hospital's bid, which is due to go before London's High Court today. But the father, who is 'amicably separated' from the mother, is fighting the move.
The baby, known as Baby RB, was born with congenital myasthenic syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that causes muscle weakness.
Lawyers for the father, however, say that the little boy's brain has not been affected so he is aware of his surroundings, can see, hear and feel and recognise his parents.u00a0
A father is locked in a desperate battle to prevent a hospital from withdrawing medical support keeping his baby son alive.
The hospital wants to get a court order that will allow it to take the boy off life support. But the application has divided the one-year-old boy's parents, who are in their 20s.
The mother is supporting the hospital's bid, which is due to go before London's High Court today. But the father, who is 'amicably separated' from the mother, is fighting the move.
The baby, known as Baby RB, was born with congenital myasthenic syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that causes muscle weakness.
Lawyers for the father, however, say that the little boy's brain has not been affected so he is aware of his surroundings, can see, hear and feel and recognise his parents.u00a0
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