High Court to rule on emergency blood transfusion for premature baby

The High Court will tomorrow consider whether or not to order an emergency blood transfusion to a baby born prematurely a week ago in The Coombe Hospital, Dublin.

High Court to rule on emergency blood transfusion for premature baby

The High Court will tomorrow consider whether or not to order an emergency blood transfusion to a baby born prematurely a week ago in The Coombe Hospital, Dublin.

The child, weighing less than a kilogram, was born to Jehovah’s Witnesses parents who have refused to agree to a blood transfusion should it become necessary in an emergency.

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