A HIGH court Judge has given permission for a baby boy to undergo blood transfusions during an operation at Birmingham's Children's Hospital despite his parents' objections on religious grounds.

Mr Justice Keehan had been told by a specialist that the baby - whose parents are Jehovah's Witnesses - had complex heart disease and no "long-term prospect of survival" if he did not have cardiac surgery.

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Court orders blood transfusion at Birmingham Children's Hospital for baby - Birmingham Mail.