Man in UK right-to-life battle

The family of a Muslim man in the UK who is in a persistent vegetative state are fighting in the High Court for him to receive – against medical advice – life-saving treatment if his condition deteriorates.

A judge was told the family of patient “L”, from the Greater Manchester area, believes that if the severely brain-damaged 55-year-old could express his wishes he would never agree, because of his faith, to an order that he should not be resuscitated or ventilated.