A courageous teenager who was locked in a legal battle with doctors who wanted to withdraw her life-preserving treatment has tragically died, but still can’t be named. The 19-year-old woman, anonymised by the courts as ‘ST’, can’t be identified because of Draconian reporting rules which have shrouded her heartbreaking case in secrecy. Her distraught familyContinue reading “A 19-Year-Old Woman Who Fought Doctors Who Wanted To Withdraw Life-Saving Treatment Has Died – But Can’t Be Identified”
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Doctors Say It’s Time For Me To Die, But I’m Not Going To Give Up
‘By the time you read this, I could be dead. That’s according to my doctors who, for the last year, have repeatedly told me that I have only days to live. But I am a fighter and will continue to fight.’ These are the devastating words of a very sick, yet inspiringly rebellious 19-year-old girlContinue reading “Doctors Say It’s Time For Me To Die, But I’m Not Going To Give Up”
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