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A gravely ill baby at the centre of a high-profile legal battle will receive the blood transfusion doctors called for.
A High Court judge has ruled in favour of Health New Zealand, which asked the court to take guardianship of the six-month-old.
The boy's parents refused to let doctors use blood from Covid-vaccinated donors during a heart surgery he desperately needs.
Herald reporter George Block says two doctors at Starship Hospital will assume responsibility of the child.
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