Doctors win but baby has chance

DOCTORS treating terminally-ill baby Luke Winston-Jones yesterday received the High Court’s permission to withhold life-saving treatment by mechanical ventilation if his condition deteriorates.

But, following a last-minute concession by the hospitals looking after him, he will still have the chance of cardiac massage, if it becomes necessary.

Lawyers for his mother, Ruth, who still hopes he will come home, said later the outcome was Luke, who suffers from a rare genetic disorder, had been given “a fighting chance”.