Hospital is not seeking to 'accelerate' death of child, Supreme Court told

The Four Courts, Dublin. 

A hospital has told the Supreme Court it is not seeking to “accelerate” the death of a catastrophically injured boy by applying for permission to refrain from aggressive intensive care interventions should his condition substantially deteriorate.

The boy is in a “dire” situation with no prospect of a meaningful recovery and his parents’ belief or hope his condition may improve is “in the teeth” of “overwhelming and unanimous” medical evidence concerning his prognosis, Conor Dignam, counsel for the hospital, said.