OH: Hospital Can Force Girl To Resume Chemo

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Court sides with Ohio hospital on Amish girl care

JOHN SEEWER, AP
2 hours ago

An appeals court has sided with a hospital that wants to force a 10-year-old Amish girl to resume chemotherapy after her parents decided to stop the treatments.

The court ruled that a county judge must reconsider his decision that blocked Akron Children's Hospital's attempt to give an attorney who's also a registered nurse limited guardianship over Sarah Hershberger and the power to make medical decisions for her.

The hospital believes Sarah's leukemia is very treatable but says she will die without chemotherapy.

The judge in Medina County in northeast Ohio had ruled in July that Sarah's parents had the right to make medical decisions for her...

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20130828/US-Chemotherapy-Stopped-Amish/
 

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