NHS trust says parents’ request for Tafida Raqeeb to be flown to Italy sets dangerous precedent
A legal challenge by the parents of a seriously ill five-year-old girl against the refusal of an NHS trust to allow her to fly to Italy for treatment is against her best interests and sets a dangerous precedent, a court has heard.
Tafida Raqeeb, from Newham in east London, is on life support at Royal London hospital after sustaining a brain injury in February. Doctors at the hospital have said she has no awareness and, with no prospect of recovery, life support should be withdrawn.
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