Family to Appeal Ruling Allowing Quebec Hospital to Remove Child’s Breathing Tube

Family to Appeal Ruling Allowing Quebec Hospital to Remove Child’s Breathing Tube
An ambulance arrives at Ste-Eustache hospital in Ste-Eustache, Que., north of Montreal on March 4, 2009. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz
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The family of a five-year-old child who has been in a coma since June will appeal a court decision allowing a Montreal hospital to permanently remove the boy’s breathing tube.
Patrick Martin-Ménard, a lawyer for the child’s parents, says his clients plan to appeal the ruling because they want the hospital to intubate the child if he cannot breathe on his own.