Despite his being just seven weeks from the age when he would gain the “right to refuse medical treatment for himself, ” a hospital treating him for cancer sought court backing to transfuse him against his wishes and those of his parents.
खेदजनक रूप से, जज ने रक्‍त आधानों को देने का अधिकार यह कहकर दे दिया: “उसका रक्‍त आधानों के लिए सहमत न होना उसके अपने धार्मिक विश्‍वासों की एक परिपक्व समझ पर आधारित नहीं है । ”