A’s parents four month old baby who needs it urgent heart operation they rejected that son of theirs receive blood transfusions from people who have received the Covid vaccine. That being said, the New Zealand Health Service has filed a judicial request to assume guardianship of the child.
The child, who has a severe pulmonic valve stenosis of the heart, urgent action is needed. However, her parents, who have publicly acknowledged that the functioning is criticalthey refuse to let their son operate if it is used Plasma from a donor who has been vaccinated against Covid.
“We don’t want blood from contaminated people for vaccination. This is our deal, done. We accept whatever happens,” said the minor’s father in an interview with the country’s television, sitting next to his son’s bed in the Auckland City Hospital.
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In the interview, the father says that his son needs to be operated on “immediately” but that he is concerned about “the blood that will be used” in the operation. Also, tell me you have a list of over 20 people who could donate blood for the surgery who have not been vaccinated against Covid.
The state seeks protection
Faced with this situation, the New Zealand public health department, known as Te Whatu Ora, has requested the protection of the child on the basis of the Child Care Act, which would allow them to take action, as published the newspaper Herald of New Zealand.
“The decision to appeal to the court is always made taking into account the best interests of the child‘ said Mike Shepherd, acting director of the Auckland Health Service.
This is ensured by the public body NZ Blood, which coordinates blood donations and supplies plasma to hospitals does not ask donors to indicate whether they are vaccinated against Covid-19 and that there is no evidence that the blood of vaccinated people poses an additional risk.
This Wednesday, the parents of the minor, lawyers from both sides, surgeons and representatives of NZ Blood met in a preliminary hearing in which no agreement was reached.
Key day: December 6th
Te Whatu Ora’s lawyer, Paul Whiteexplained to the court that the child would have already been operated on weeks ago under normal circumstances; while the parents’ lawyer, Sue Greyone of New Zealand’s leading anti-Covid vaccination campaigners, argued that parents wanted better care than what the state was offering.
Given the urgency of the operation, the The Auckland High Court has set a hearing for the December 6th in the event that the parties do not reach a prior agreement before that date.
New Zealand, despite recording high Covid vaccination rates, has a powerful and very large anti-vaccine movement that even camped out in front of Parliament for two months. This country was one of those who applied severe restrictions within its borders to combat the health crisis caused by the coronavirus.
