Judge orders hospital detention of 'extraordinarily vulnerable' man for urgent colonoscopy against his wishes

A hospital can detain an "extraordinarily vulnerable" man with suspected bowel cancer for the purpose of performing an urgent colonoscopy on him against his wishes, the High Court has ordered.

The president of the High Court, Mr Justice Peter Kelly, was told the man refuses to accept his illness or that he requires a colonoscopy and doctors believe he lacks capacity to appreciate how serious his condition is.