Child facing worse kidney damage if surgery not carried out, High Court told

A child has suffered irreversible kidney damage and will suffer more unless he undergoes surgery his parents object to because they do not accept his diagnosis, a consultant paediatrician surgeon has told the High Court.

The damage so far means the six-year-old boy will inevitably need a kidney transplant in the future but surgery could defer the need for a transplant for decades, the surgeon said.