The court concludes that the lower-court decision respects the rights and best interests of the child and that the parents’ refusal was unjustified
Quebec’s Court of Appeal says a Montreal hospital can permanently remove a breathing tube from a child who has been in a coma since June.
The hospital went to court after the parents of the five-year-old boy refused to consent to the procedure unless the hospital was willing to restore the tube should things go wrong.
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