Mother asks court to withdraw tube feeding so daughter can 'die with dignity'

Young woman is in persistent vegetative state for almost 10 years, with no chance of cure or improvement

A mother wants the High Court to make orders withdrawing tube feeding from her daughter, who has been in a persistent vegetative state for almost 10 years, to allow her die a “natural and dignified” death and cease a “miserable existence”.

Doctors agree the condition of the young woman, a ward of court aged in her 20s, is permanent, incurable and will not improve, High Court president Ms Justice Mary Irvine was told.