The Catholic Herald reported in last month’s issue on the case of a young woman, Sudiksha Thirumalesh, 19, who died from a degenerative disease, mitochondrial depletion syndrome, aggravated by Covid, after a long dispute with the NHS Trust in charge of her care. Her condition meant that she needed dialysis and ventilation. She declared that she wished to live and wanted to continue dialysis. And, astonishing as it seems, the Trust argued and the Court of Protection agreed, that she did not have the mental capacity to make decisions – because she disagreed with her doctors. This was despite two experienced psychiatrists finding that she did have the capacity to make decisions.