In a statement released after the hearing, the trust accused Haastrup of exhibiting “persistent verbal aggression, intimidation and threatening behaviour” towards staff. “We have an application trying to characterise me as a violent person,” he told the court. Mr Justice MacDonald also rejected the hospital trust’s application for the full hearing to be moved forward from 15 and 16 January. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Lerne Haastrup and Takesha Thomas, whose son, Isaiah, cannot breathe for himself and has cerebral palsy. Haastrup and Thomas say they believe their son might learn to breathe for himself if the drugs he is on were reduced.

Source: The Guardian November 10, 2017 14:01 UTC