the conflict between the parents of Titouan, a baby born last August 31, almost four months prematurely, and the Poitiers University Hospital has found its epilogue. The parents, who wanted to end care for their infant who suffered from a cerebral hemorrhage at birth, finally won their case. According to them, the baby was suffering from serious after-effects and this state of health justified his ventilator being unplugged. But on the side of the doctors, it was believed so far that it was necessary to take the time to assess the child’s situation before deciding the end of care.
Since the media coverage of this affair, Titouan’s condition has deteriorated. This is why at the end of a collegial meeting of the medical team of the neonatal resuscitation unit, the hospital decided to support the end of life of the baby. “The state of health of the newborn has deteriorated in recent hours and the methods of end-of-life support have been defined by involving the family”, was explained to the CHU of Poitiers, quoted by the ‘AFP: The decision to stop treatment was taken in accordance with “recommended practices, incorporating an external opinion, an ethical opinion and a new collegial meeting of the team,” said one.
Parents who criticized a “therapeutic relentlessness” on their child were “heard” by the medical team. “Throughout his care, collegial meetings very quickly led the medical team to exclude any relentless treatment” based “on the clinical data of the newborn”.
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