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Hospital bosses have admitted liability for “events surrounding the birth” of a 12-month-old boy from south east London who died after a High Court treatment battle, a judge has been told. Isaiah Haastrup, who suffered brain damage at birth and was severely disabled, died in March 2018 after a High Court judge gave doctors permission to provide only palliative care – against the wishes of his father, Lanre Haastrup, and mother, Takesha Thomas, both from Peckham. Specialists treating Isaiah at King’s College Hospital in south London had told Mr Justice MacDonald that providing further intensive care treatment was futile and not in his best interests.
A baby whose mother died on the day he was born, without knowing he had suffered irreversible brain damage, should be allowed to die, a judge has ruled.
Danielle Jones, 18, died after collapsing at her parents home in Bristol on January 17, Mr Justice Hayden heard.
Her son, Danny, was delivered by Caesarean section and treated in an intensive care unit. Mr Justice Hayden heard that Miss Jones had not told anyone that she was pregnant.
He was told that she had collapsed for no apparent reason and was declared dead on arrival at hospital.
Specialists said Danny had suffered irreversible brain damage during birth and should be allowed to die.