WESTMINSTER, England, June 23, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — A hearing in the U.K. Court of Appeal on a recent High Court decision to allow the removal of life support from a 2-year-old brain-damaged girl concluded today. No judgment has been made yet, however.
Two-year-old Alta Fixsler, who suffered brain damage at birth, is currently receiving care in a pediatric intensive care unit in a hospital under the operation of the Manchester University National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust. The hospital fought in May at the High Court to have Fixsler’s life support removed after her parents objected to the recommendation.
Fixsler’s parents subsequently petitioned to have their daughter discharged and taken overseas for continued care. The hospital, however, claimed that she will never recover from her current condition, arguing that disconnecting the girl’s ventilation is in her best interest. Removing ventilation will, in all likelihood, lead to Fixsler’s death.
Fixsler’s parents contested the hospital’s decision to remove care to the Court, arguing that to do so would be an affront to her Orthodox Jewish faith and offering alternative care for their daughter in an Israeli hospital.
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