A High Court judge has ruled in favour of health authorities who sought court guardianship of a gravely ill baby boy after his parents refused a blood transfusion and instead wanted a court order to receive blood from exclusively unvaccinated donors.
The court delivered its ruling just after 6pm in the landmark case of a gravely ill baby needing a blood transfusion as part of life-saving surgery.
His ruling said the baby’s parents remain his legal guardians aside from the medical matters covered in the order.
Justice Gault also declined an order sought by Grey for the NZ Blood Service to establish a tailored donor service for the six-month-old boy to receive blood exclusively from unvaccinated donors.
Ross said it would jeopardise the integrity of the donor service and open the door to ethically and clinically bankrupt requests regarding donor blood.
”It is a concern that an order like this can damage and will damage an excellent blood service,” he said.
“There is no evidence that trace amounts of vaccine in blood or blood products couldcause myocarditis. »
