Fri Sep 22, 2023 – 12:06 pm EDT
(Christian Concern) –– A family has won the right to name their 19-year-old daughter, following her tragic death, after being denied the opportunity to pursue specialist treatment abroad due to “dehumanising” reporting restrictions.
Publicly known only as ‘ST’ for over a year due to a court order placed on the family, she can now be named as Sudiksha Thirumalesh, from Birmingham, following a ruling at the Family Division of the High Court today (22 September).
Sudiksha’s parents, Mr. Thirumalesh Chellamal Hemachandran and Mrs. Revathi Malesh Thirumalesh, and her brother Varshan Chellamal Thirumalesh can now also be named and are free to tell the story of their ordeal.
However, Mr. Justice Peel adjourned the decision on whether to lift the restrictions on naming the hospital, the hospital trust and the clinicians involved until next week.
The plight of Sudiksha has been front page news culminating last week with the tragedy that the courageous 19-year-old had died.
READ: UK teen dies after courts refused to consider lifesaving treatment
For over six months, Sudiksha had been locked in a lengthy legal battle with the NHS to be permitted to go abroad for
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