A Christian teenager locked in a legal battle with an NHS Trust to receive life-preserving treatment has said she will continue to fight.
The 19-year-old, who can only be named by the initials ‘ST’ due to reporting restrictions imposed by the court, is fighting against the decision of her doctors to move her to palliative care.
Her doctors have argued that she is “actively dying” and that end of life care would be in her best interests.
ST disagrees and wants permission to go to Canada to take part in a clinical trial offering experimental treatment for her condition – a genetic disorder called mitochondrial depletion syndrome (MDS).
While the treatment, if successful, would not cure her condition, her family argue that it could extend her life.
“They’ve done everything they can to stop me telling this story,” ST told…
