The parents of a woman who died after doctors refused to allow her to travel abroad for treatment have overturned a court order so she can be named.
Sudiksha Thirumalesh was 19 when she died a few days ago at an NHS hospital.
At the end of last month, a High Court judge ruled that despite being conscious and speaking to her parents and doctors, Thirumalesh lacked sufficient mental capacity to challenge the medics’ view as to whether life-sustaining treatment should be withdrawn.
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