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Health NZ wins blood donor case, baby to receive transfusion

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Publish Date
Wed, 7 Dec 2022, 8:54pm

Health NZ wins blood donor case, baby to receive transfusion

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 7 Dec 2022, 8:54pm

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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