NYT WORLD: Her Baby Needs Heart Surgery. But She Is Demanding ‘Unvaccinated’ Blood.
By Emanuel Stoakes
Section: World
Source: New York Times
Published Date: December 5, 2022 at 02:00AM
By Emanuel Stoakes
Section: World
Source: New York Times
Published Date: December 5, 2022 at 02:00AM
New Zealand’s health service is seeking to take temporary custody of a critically ill infant so it can perform a lifesaving operation.An urgent hearing has been set down to seek a resolution between Te Whatu Ora Health NZ and parents who have refused to allow blood from vaccinated people to be used in a life-saving operation for their baby boy’s surgery.
Justice Layne Harvey said today’s hearing at the High Court in Auckland is purely administrative to set the date for an urgent hearing.
Representing Te Whatu Ora, lawyer Paul White flagged the urgency of the case saying medical professionals have said the child with such a condition would have been treated several weeks ago in normal circumstances.
The parents’ lawyer, Sue Grey, said the case was unusual and different from other medical guardianship cases where parents are refusing medical care. For this one, she said, the parents want better care than what the state is offering.
Justice Layne Harvey said today’s hearing at the High Court in Auckland is purely administrative to set the date for an urgent hearing.
Representing Te Whatu Ora, lawyer Paul White flagged the urgency of the case saying medical professionals have said the child with such a condition would have been treated several weeks ago in normal circumstances.
The parents’ lawyer, Sue Grey, said the case was unusual and different from other medical guardianship cases where parents are refusing medical care. For this one, she said, the parents want better care than what the state is offering.
Read more at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/05/world/australia/new-zealand-baby-vaccine.html
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