Relatives appeal after a judge says a severely paralysed woman with Covid should be allowed to die.
The woman, who cannot be named, was admitted to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge last year
A judge agreed with specialists that no more could be done for her and life-support treatment should end.Specialists treating the woman at the hospital said she was the "most complicated" Covid patient in the world and recommended life-support be ended. The family has now asked three appeal judges to overturn Mr Justice Hayden's decision, at a Court of Appeal hearing in London.
He told the appeal hearing the woman "moves her head" and could communicate and respond to questions.He added that the woman, a grandmother who the Court of Protection ordered should not be identified, also enjoyed watching EastEnders on her iPad.Doctors had told Mr Justice Hayden that the woman had been the "most complicated" Covid-19 patient in the world.
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