The Canadian family of a 13-month-old boy clinging to life support has defied a court order to remove the boys breathing tube and now is looking to an American hospital for what experts say would be a miracle recovery.
The boy, Joseph Maraachli, has been in a vegetative state at a hospital in London, Ontario, since last fall. Hes been treated for a neurodegenerative disease that doctors ruled leaves no hope for the boy.
A Superior Court judge, in turn, ordered that Maraachlis breathing tube be removed on Monday. But his family refused, insisting that the boy be released to his familys care, according to CBC News.
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Hospital threatens to remove baby Josephs life support anyway - parents denied private visitations
While things were looking up for the parents of Joseph Maraachli this past weekend, the picture has now become bleaker. In the latest twist in the case the London hospital where their dying son is being cared for is seeking to remove the parents decision-making power after they refused to have him taken off life support. Hospital security is also denying them private visitations.
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