It must have come as quite a shock to the doctors in the Tafida Raqeeb case that a court was finally prepared to ignore their conviction that they knew better than the parents, and to allow this very sick child to be taken to Italy to a hospital that is happy to care for her.
Until now courts have always ruled on the side of the doctors, seemingly unwilling to challenge their expert opinion.
The parents of Alfie Evans and Charlie Gard had to watch as their children’s life support was removed against their wishes, while the parents of Ashya King were arrested after taking their son abroad for treatment.
