Is Lukes situation the same as Charlotte Wyatts ?
The babies are affected by different conditions, but the issues in both cases are the same. Charlotte was born 11 months ago when her mother was 26 weeks pregnant and now has serious heart and lung problems. She has never left hospital and is fed through a tube. She also needs a constant supply of oxygen. She has stopped breathing three times and each time she has been resuscitated. Doctors at the Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust said they believed if she stopped breathing again they should not revive her as her quality of life would be so poor and her life would be dominated by pain. But her parents, Darren and Debbie, disagreed, saying she deserved every chance. As the two sides could not agree, the case ended up in court. Q: Don’t parents have the final say on treatment? No. Doctors can refuse to treat a person if they feel the treatment serves no purpose or if the quality of life is deemed to be so low that it is not in the patient’s interest. However, if the family and doctors disag
