Judge permits emergency surgery on intellectually disabled man who is 'effectively walking on bone'

A High Court judge has made orders permitting emergency surgery on an intellectually disabled man who is seriously ill.

Judge permits emergency surgery on intellectually disabled man who is 'effectively walking on bone'

A High Court judge has made orders permitting emergency surgery on an intellectually disabled man who is seriously ill.

The surgery may have to include amputation of a severely deformed foot which the man "venomously" opposes.

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