7 Dec 2022
TE WHATU ORA, HEALTH NEW ZEALAND, TE TOKA TUMAI v C and S [2022] NZHC 3283
- Citation
- [2022] NZFLR 398
- Court
- High Court
Given the urgent need for cardiac surgery and the lack of credible, clinician-supported evidence that NZBS blood from vaccinated donors poses a risk to Baby W, and because directed donation was not shown to be a safe, practical or comprehensive alternative for the range of blood and plasma products required, it is in Baby W's best interests to place him under the guardianship of the Court and to appoint the treating clinicians as the Court's agents to consent to surgery and associated administration of blood and blood products in accordance with good clinical practice; joinder of NZBS and man…