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Freeman v Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust [2021] EWHC 3378 (QB)
Priya Vaidya 884

Freeman v Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust [2021] EWHC 3378 (QB)

byPriya Vaidya

The case: Callum Best was born on 27 June 2002. Just before his birth he suffered a severe brain injury as a result of placental abruption'. He developed a number of disabilities including cerebral palsy, microcephaly, Type I diabetes, epilepsy, severe learning difficulties, speech difficulties, was blind and was fed by a tube. He required 24-hour care, he needed a wheelchair and the family moved into an adapted ground floor flat. He had no independent mobility and spent life between his bed and a chair. He died in 2014, aged only 12.

 

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