HSE secures order allowing doctors to carry out C-section on prisoner with mental illness

The High Court heard that the lacks the capacity to make decisions regarding her own and her unborn infant's health

The HSE's application was supported by medical experts, the doctors in charge of her care, and the woman's court-appointed 'guardian ad litem'.

The HSE has secured High Court orders allowing doctors at a maternity hospital deliver by caesarean section the child of a heavily pregnant woman who is currently remanded in custody.

The High Court made the order after lawyers for the HSE said that the woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, suffers from a mental health illness and lacks the capacity to make decisions regarding her own and her unborn infant's health.