Re: PC
Thursday 18 July 2024
By Appellant’s Notice filed on the 5 June 2024, this is an appeal against the decision of Mr Justice Cusworth, sitting in the High Court Family Division – Court of Protection, dated 23 May 2024 whereby he ordered that it was lawful to withdraw CANH.
When she was aged just 31, PC suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest and collapsed at home. A lack of cardiac output for about 30 minutes led to her brain being deprived of oxygen, which caused a severe hypoxic ischaemic injury. She has been left in what has been assessed as a Prolonged Disorder of Consciousness, at the low end of the spectrum of awareness: her condition is described as a Minimally Conscious State minus. She is now aged 35.
The Care Board applied on 2 February 2024 for a declaration that it was lawful to withdraw clinically assisted nutrition and hydration from PC.
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