28 May 1993
In Re. C (A minor) (Wardship: Medical Treatment)
- Citation
- In Re. C (A minor) (Wardship: Medical Treatment)
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP1218/1993
The court held that on the facts the infant would certainly die without surgery and had a real chance of a relatively normal life if the operation succeeded; accordingly it was in the child's best interests to be made a ward of court and to authorise the emergency operation and angiogram, overruling the parents' refusal.